Two year old quad-core MacBook Pro?

Really? I thought Apple Notebooks didn't get quad-core i7s until the most recent refresh. (Or the second most recent refresh). Was that really two years ago?

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Are you reporting a dual-core chip with hyper-threading as a quad-core? It's a common mistake that Apple users stereotypically make.

-OR-

Intel offered quad-core i3/i5 processors and I'm simply unaware.

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Please let me know which CPU you have. I want to be better informed.

I either don't remember or haven't heard this version. They think it's more probable that a deity manipulated probability? While that doesn't sound scientific to me, I'm intrigued. Do you have a link I could start with (yes, I'll google it for myself, but you seem to already know of the idea.)

> You're argument (viz. people just need to talk on their phones, and smaller is better)

I don't see that argument in the parent post. In fact, the opposite:

> the rest of the world uses it to call me, and it was smaller [...], and did more.

But you're right about third party apps.

Wait... who's putting that sticker on? You or the store?

Right now my browser combines the concepts of encrypted and authenticated into one value. Actually that's not always entirely true. Some modern browsers display a scary warning about something or other (self-signed certificates... when did those become bad? As long as they represent the domain in question they are fine but not according to browser makers).

Anyway, the point is that we need to get away from treating an SSL certificate as more than they are. Hell, I can create as many certificates as I want and engage in completely secure communications with whomever I choose.

Wow, I got completely bored with this and am going to post anyway.

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"Get off of my /. until you can make your point without name calling."

Get off of my /. until you can make your point without name calling.

Let's bring this site back under control of responsible adults. No one cares if the free service (note: SERVICE) you relied upon went belly up or just started hating you in particular. Like the parent I'm responding to, if the domain wasn't worth the going rate for you then you just couldn't justify having the domain.

"I'm partly to blame" my ass. You are entirely to blame. Grow up.

I can confirm that Netflix on the PS3 looks far better than my HD cable did.

When I want to see something with the best possible quality, I rent or buy the bluray disc.

Maybe cayenne8 has really great cable and they don't overcompress the streams in order to cram more channels in.

[citation needed]

It was still black and white when I joined.

I am compelled to thank you for your post. I'm saddened by the number of people believing the rhetoric and statistics thrown about when the raw data doesn't support it.

40% is a little high. The total for 2006 is 31%.

http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Crashes/CrashesAlcohol.aspx

I find it interesting that the multiple vehicle number is 24%. That means that 76% of all multiple vehicle traffic fatalities in 2006 were caused by sober drivers. Do you think that being caught speeding should permanently revoke one's privilege to drive?

Here are the real numbers for traffic fatalities.

http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main/index.aspx

I'm having trouble finding the data on their site so can you source another location that compares advances in car safety versus drunk driving enforcement as a leading cause for the reduction in traffic fatalities? Bonus points for adjusting the percentage of fatalities over the years for the increase in licensed drivers.

In other words, I'm having trouble seeing "the history that shows strict enforcement of impaired ..." in the data from what I hope is an unbiased source. What's your source?

I should have said 32% as that's what they list as the total. 37% is for single vehicle.

I did say roughly and I apologize for being so rough. I don't know what an "autoblog" is, but here is a direct link to the NHTSA page: http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Crashes/CrashesAlcohol.aspx

The number, exactly*, is 37% involve alcohol. The quote from the bottom of that page:

* subject to NHTSA estimation