Comment Re:Assembled in USA, not America - Big difference! (Score 1) 279
Let's hope it means "in the United States of America" and not some town in a faraway land named "usa" that they've chose to capitalize the letters.
Comment More concerned about negligence than ter'ists (Score 1) 171
based on recent headlines like http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/16/nyregion/elevator-that-killed-yr-executive-was-undergoing-maintenance-city-says.html, I'd be more afraid of negligent elevator repair staff than of terrorists.
Comment Re:Not a troll but.... (Score 1) 708
Even if the system is out of warranty, I'd still recommend giving Apple a call (or if you're near an Apple Store, schedule an appointment at the Genuis Bar) and see what the outcome is. I've heard of many stories, and had some experiences myself of Apple repairing stuff for free or very little cost on out-of-warranty machines.
One last tip, if you do bring the machine in, have your girlfriend explain simply and honestly what has happened to her Mac Pro. Your sarcasm in your post makes me think she'd draw more sympathy than you.
Comment Re:Thoughts. (Score 5, Interesting) 527
I definitely agree with the AC here. Before I say anymore, I'll preface the rest of my comments with extending my sympathies for the situation you find yourselves in, as well as to suggest I have no real experience with anything remotely similar, so my advice is meant in good faith.
That being said, I recommend taking a few minutes to listen to the "This American Life" episode where a mother dying of a terminal disease left letters for her young daughter to be read annually. From the story's description, "At first the letters were comforting, but as time went on, they had much more complicated effects."
You can stream the episode from http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/401/parent-trap (I'm recommending the "Letter Day Saint" act 1 story).
That being said, I recommend taking a few minutes to listen to the "This American Life" episode where a mother dying of a terminal disease left letters for her young daughter to be read annually. From the story's description, "At first the letters were comforting, but as time went on, they had much more complicated effects."
You can stream the episode from http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/401/parent-trap (I'm recommending the "Letter Day Saint" act 1 story).
Comment The wisdom of individuals is questionable too... (Score 1) 507
I believe his name is "Drew Curtis" - note the terminal "S".
Comment Re:we destroy atmosphere, demand repairs/replaceme (Score 1) 406
Is that you, PGURRIERI?
(I can't believe I'm burning my ability to mod to post this)
Comment Grok? (Score 1) 433
That one seems to have entered the popular lexicon.
Comment It's time for the RIAA to go after Lars (Score 1) 672
Just like John Fogerty was sued for writing songs that sounded too much like songs written by...John Fogerty
Comment Re:kidnapped or abused? (Score 1) 549
How about this: Violence begets violence, and therefore you shouldn't perpetuate the cycle?
Or, would you rather that your child is beaten by their spouse, regardless of how successful they become? Oh, wait, in your mind, it's easier to for them to be the one doing the smackin' around...
Submission + - Copyright advocacy group violates copyright (scienceblogs.com)
word munger writes: "Commercial scholarly publishers are beginning to get afraid of the open access movement. They've hired a high-priced consultant to help them sway public opinion in favor of copyright restrictions on taxpayer-funded research. Funny thing is, their own website contains several copyright violations. It seems they pulled their images directly from the Getty Images website — watermark and all — without paying for their use!
Clearly their agenda is simply to make using copyrighted materials inconvenient and expensive for everyone but THEMSELVES."
Submission + - Mark Russinovich about Vista network slowdown 1
koro666 writes: In his latest blog post, Mark Russinovich analyzes the network slowdown experienced by some users when playing multimedia content. "Tests of MMCSS during Vista development showed that [...] heavy network traffic can cause enough long-running DPCs to prevent playback threads from keeping up with their media streaming requirements, resulting in glitching. MMCSS' glitch-resistant mechanisms were therefore extended to include throttling of network activity. It does so by issuing a command to the NDIS device driver [...] [to] pass along, at most 10 packets per millisecond (10,000 packets per second)."
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Submission + - Flying the Airbus A380
FloatsomNJetsom writes: "So the largest passenger airplane in the world actually is pretty large inside — Popular Mechanics has a great article and video from their test flight on the brand new double-decker Airbus A380, including footage of takeoff, interviews with the pilot and test engineer, the bar, the two staircases, and an attempt to walk down a crowded aisle from one end of the plane to the other without stopping to say "excuse me.""
Submission + - Mossberg on Office 2007: Better but a Tough Switch
Carl Bialik from WSJ writes: "Office 2007, coming out Jan. 30, is a 'radical revision,' writes the Wall Street Journal's Walter S. Mossberg. 'The entire user interface, the way you do things in these familiar old programs, has been thrown out and replaced with something new. In Word, Excel and PowerPoint, all of the menus are gone — every one. None of the familiar toolbars have survived, either. In their place is a wide, tabbed band of icons at the top of the screen called the Ribbon. And there is no option to go back to the classic interface.' He adds, 'It has taken a good product and made it better and fresher. But there is a big downside to this gutsy redesign: It requires a steep learning curve that many people might rather avoid.'"
Submission + - Google drops SOAP API
Michi writes: "Brady Forrest at O'Reilly Radar reports that Google have deprecated their SOAP API. Nelson Minar (the original author of the Google SOAP API) argues that this move is is motivated by business reasons rather than technical ones. Does this mark the beginning of the end for SOAP or for ubiquitous middleware in general?"
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