see — if doctors had just kept to their paper records, they couldnt be hacked..
lol

"initially funded by the U.S. Army Research Office"

lets them pull the trigger by remote.. :-^

the theoretical amount it saves is outweighed by the recurring adjustment cost it incurs.

they should string the guy by his toenails who invented this ridiculous aberation.

they need all the users they can get — they cant afford to shut out any percent of their upgrader base, or windows 10 slow uptake rates will get users with lesser machines to further jump ship to the linux and mac folds.

2cents from toronto

make something as thin as possible, and then users stick it in their back pocket, sit on it, and wonder why it bends.. :-p

when the ipod came out, apple paid the artists to provide about 300 free songs for users for free - it was a gift - it was like them paying to give us a free mix tape. i found some good tunes on there, and deleted the rest. thx apple.

again, instead of paying for this music, apple is paying (or in cahoots depending on yr pov) for a gift of music that they believe to be good. if you like u2 - its a gift. if you dont, it is easy to delete - you wont even see it unless you go digging for it.

thanks apple.
2cents from toronto
jp

Its all the compact flourescent light bulbs.. have you ever read the disposal instructions for one of those!?!?

OIDS — for the Atari ST, and the Mac OSX (powerPC) — combines the best elements of Defender, Lunar Lander, Asteroids, Gravitar and Thrust, with its inertia based movement, and level editor. one of the best early games. :-D

Mac OSX version by David Hewit: http://www.xavagus.com/

Atari ST ROM by David Hewit: http://www.atarimania.com/game...

mod parent up.

kids dont deserve to be in jail all year

a device with a slideout keyboard is inherently more prone to breaking than a one piece phone.

i've never had a problem using a touch screen for typing short messages, and if you really do want to write an essay, a lil phone keyboard is still inferior to a real full-size keyboard (which can be paired to any bluetooth equipped phone anyway) — you shouldnt be using your phone to be typing manuscripts anyway — the lil tiny keys — real or not — or still inadequate.

touch screen keyboards work really well in my experience; and they dont suffer the inherent mechanical breakability of a slide-out phone.

2cents from toronto
jp

its not supposed to work good — that's why its the bottom of the line.

if you want it to work good, you gotta buy the good model..

they want — we find you.

find my iphone — no good.

if every lightbulb is going to have an IP address — they better be using IPv6.. ;-]

2cents
j

what would really help prepare children better than writing code is playing chess — it will help them learn how to think logically and consistently — if they learn it in chess first — learning all the various changing semantics of languages that may come and go will be trivial — if they got a good grounding in thinking properly through chess. a couple years of chess for grades 5-10 should be mandatory in every school curriculum.

chess is even more important than learning to how to code — because to get anywhere with code, you have to immerse yourself in a language, an API, an IDE, and a way of thinking that is large, legacy, and arcane. by contrast, chess gets it down to the critical skills in a pretty efficient way.

teach chess, then code later will be a piece of cake — because chess teaches the essential skills of grasping clear thoughts/moves in a facile way with the mind — and this mind muscle can be brought to higher level of logical consistency and clarity of thought with chess. something that is simple, yet lends itself to the greatest sophistication.

another reason to teach chess is science standards — lack of critical thinking in regards to science is a reflection of a nation that has lost its ability to think clearly upon basic subjects. chess is the remedy for a lack of clear and lucid thinking on many subjects.

one must work the mind, or it becomes weak, and unable to judge things very well — and then tends to be easily manipulated by political and emotional cues.

2cents

but how would you load the java 6 v22 update for the toaster interface!?!? (groan)