On Monday, I turn 23. Nothing special about the age really, I've passed most of the big milestones for age already (16 - Driving, 18 - Porn, Smoking and Voting, 21 - Drinking) so there isn't some new doorway being opened to me like before. At 25 I'll get cheaper car insurance and be able to rent a car, and at 35 I can run for President of the United States. One isn
Should the same pharmacist be allowed to deny service to a black man because he thinks them inferior? How about refusing to sell anything to a woman without a husband or a father present to approve the purchase. It's a fine line to walk when you bring your personal morality into managing a business or providing services.
There is an option in the Options screen that lets you disable continuous ship production. This may circumvent the bug you're encountering now with manually setting builds to "Nothing"
It shows you when someone links to your article or forum post from an outside site. For example if someone does a Google search for GC2 and they find a link to one of your threads and click on it, you'll see a referral from Google. You'll also get referals listed from any of the SD family of websites (JoeUser, WinCustomize, TotalGaming.net). It just lets you know that people from "the outside" are reading your stuff.
Not arguing over their right to protest. They're free to do it as long as it doesn't cause damage or jeopardize safety. My view at least is that they're yelling at the wrong people in the wrong way. To be effective in ending the conflict sooner (I think of it as ongoing until we bring our men and women home) they need to adjust their tactics. Aside from venting anger, what good does it do to lay down on a campus lawn doing your best impersonation o
You're thinking of Star Wars: Rebellion, the ONLY attempt to use the Star Wars License on a 4x title. It's one of my absolute favorite SW games there is, but not because it was an outstanding title. Rebellion was a perfect example of Lucas Arts inability to execute a decent game design. Rebellion was unfinished in so many areas. But it was 4x, and it was SW, so I played it and loved it. The concept of building in one location and shipping to another is s
I was one of those strongly against the invasion BEFORE it happened, and applauded those who protested the idea, those who spoke out etc... However, once the war was underway, I quickly grew disgusted wtih the tone of the protests, how they switched from being about invading a sovereign nation, to supposed attrocities committed by the US Armed Forces. It was disgusting seeing the "die-ins" at my campus, the fake body bags trying to make some ill-conci
Growing up in PA, we had a lot of historic villages around us, usually of the coal mining variety. On several occassions we would take a day trip to one of them and go through an average day for kids in the town (minus the dangerous hard labor). We'd grade coal, do some washing, attend a lesson in the school house and watch all sorts of demonstrations. These trips were definitely the highlight of grade school for me. Sadly, with the rash of
Then there are those of us guys who reach for the top, but are told time and again we'll only ever get the ground apples
EPrime: The folder navigation bit was a typo, I flipped the Pre OSX and OSX items on that one. (Both folder opening and view modes). Thanks for catching that. I'm glad people are enjoying these articles. This is the first time I've tried to write a series, or even any sort of planned-out article. Between outlining, writing, getting graphics and formatting, it's proving to be a lot more difficult and time consuming than I expected. The
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Part 2 - Readjusting to the MacOS Interface Welcome back! This is the second part in a five part series examining the Macintosh to see whether it has come far enough to seriously entice PC users to jump the fence and try living the Steve Jobs way. Part 1 was meant to establish a bit o
It's almost becoming fun deleting the trolling anon users
Buh-bye anonymous troll
Wow, I mean... WOW... We've reached a level of hatred and animosity that I think surpasses even what we had during the elections last fall. It seems like the past few days have been completely dominated by spite and venom filled posts where everyone is attacking everyone else. From my own article on JU Libs, to the rash of responses to Myrrs Sad Conserva
No, it's not fair to blame the victim, but it also isn't fair to blame an ideology. Did liberals hold you down and stick dirty needles in you? I know I'm missing details here but it seems difficult to come up with a scenario that could allow a mindset to be at fault here.
Curse you! Now I have that infernal song stuck in my head!!!! I'm with Spc here, I think I'd like to "test drive" the rich lifestyle for a little while... you know... for research purposes and all
This isn't so much a Mac vs PC article, it's about the experience of going back to the Mac and using my knowledge of the old Mac ways, the Windows method and how it all maps to the new OSX. Also to give a brief tour of the OS to those who are curious but have never had the chance to use it. Most people I know who try Macs get frustrated with the initial differences and give up quickly never to return. Part of my final article will address
I'll go a week or two with a single skin, then I'll just go crazy and switch to a new skin every 10min for a period of 3-4 days. This means I spend a lot of time on WC finding new ones. Someday I hope someone makes an Enlightenment Link like theme suite. It's my all-time favorite Window Manager because it's so minimalist. Sadly I can't build my own stuff due to a severe lack of artistic or cod
For a cost-effective Mac solution, a maxed out Mac mini will run you under $1,000 and you can plug in any standard PC monitor as well as USB keyboards and mice. Pretty darn cheap overall if you're looking to reenter the Mac world Though I'd wait on buying a Mac until 10.4 is released later this month. The old Macs did have a command line, though it was cludgy and rather ineff
For those of you who might be curious, for the purpose of screenshots, descriptions etc... I will be using my Apple Powerbook G4 1.4GHz with 768MB RAM running MacOS 10.3 (Panther). While I was writing this first part, news of the launch of 10.4 came out, stating that it would be available on 4/29. I will not be including anything about 10.4 in this article set. At a later point however I hope to post a follow-up to the series with my take on the new
Note: This actually is turning out to be considerably longer than I anticipated. I will be dividing this article into a five part series. Here’s how they’ll be organized: Part 1 – Looking back to the early days of my computing life… (Background information) Part 2 – Readjusting to the MacOS Interfa
*threatens to touch Dr. Guy with his powerbook* I'll give you Mac cooties!!!
Or there's the possibility that he just heard that the iPod is the best product on the market and didn't even consider the politics of those behind it, or the politics of the groups he listens to. He could be just like you and me where for the most part we couldn't care less what someone elses political stance is. Do I care if the manager at my local Verizon store is a Dem or Lib or child-eating satanist? Not really so long as it doesn't impact my s
That is a weak argument and shows you have nothing but baseless assertions. The burden of proof always rests on the one making a claim. Tossing out some inflamatory bit and then running and hiding makes it look like your argument has no merit, that you're merely trolling. This is one of the key attributes of a zealot. Look at Aeryck and his argument tactics. He either out-right refuses to back-up his points (claiming we have to be saved to
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