Phil A.
May 4, 05:48 PM
How do we do that? They are a shadow organization bound by religious or political ideals with no true ties to any nation.
As a result there is no nation that we could go to war with or otherwise hold accountable for their actions.
What I mean is that people captured as part of the "war on terrorism" should be treat as you would treat prisoners of war and should not be tortured under any circumstances.
I tend to disagree with the saying of "ends don't justify the means".
As for your last example, medical testing is a completely different scenario. In the torture case, you are doing it to someone who is part of the terrorist/criminal activity. They are already part of a criminal act, they already broke the law and they are planning in breaking it again to kill/damage more people.
People with medical conditions haven't done anything wrong.
How do you define a criminal act?
Are the terrorists captured during firefights with US soldiers criminals or soldiers, and why?
If North Korea launched a missile against the USA tomorrow, is that a criminal act or an act of war, and why?
If Al Qaeda launched a missile against the USA tomorrow, is that a criminal act or an act of war, and why?
When the USA dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in WW2, was that a criminal act or an act of war, and why?
When the Allied forces raised Dresden to the ground in WW2, was that a criminal act or an act of war, and why?
Irrespective of if they are criminals or not in the truest sense of the world, it's no more justified to torture criminals than it is prisoners of war.
If you justify torture to prevent death of innocent people, where do you draw the line? 1,000 people, 100 people, 1 person?
What if the person you are torturing is innocent? What if your torture helps the terrorists recruit more terrorists and the result is more, not less, bloodshed?
As a result there is no nation that we could go to war with or otherwise hold accountable for their actions.
What I mean is that people captured as part of the "war on terrorism" should be treat as you would treat prisoners of war and should not be tortured under any circumstances.
I tend to disagree with the saying of "ends don't justify the means".
As for your last example, medical testing is a completely different scenario. In the torture case, you are doing it to someone who is part of the terrorist/criminal activity. They are already part of a criminal act, they already broke the law and they are planning in breaking it again to kill/damage more people.
People with medical conditions haven't done anything wrong.
How do you define a criminal act?
Are the terrorists captured during firefights with US soldiers criminals or soldiers, and why?
If North Korea launched a missile against the USA tomorrow, is that a criminal act or an act of war, and why?
If Al Qaeda launched a missile against the USA tomorrow, is that a criminal act or an act of war, and why?
When the USA dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in WW2, was that a criminal act or an act of war, and why?
When the Allied forces raised Dresden to the ground in WW2, was that a criminal act or an act of war, and why?
Irrespective of if they are criminals or not in the truest sense of the world, it's no more justified to torture criminals than it is prisoners of war.
If you justify torture to prevent death of innocent people, where do you draw the line? 1,000 people, 100 people, 1 person?
What if the person you are torturing is innocent? What if your torture helps the terrorists recruit more terrorists and the result is more, not less, bloodshed?
MacBandit
Nov 24, 09:10 AM
I'm surprised it isn't mentioned here (let alone searching the forums came up with zero hits). iAlert (http://angeman.perso.cegetel.net/iAlert/en/) is a little preference pane that lets you put various bezels on your desktop. Not as cool as konfabulator, and useless whentiger/dashboard is released, but still pretty cool.
This looks to be the same kind of app as Growl (http://growl.info/) which someone did mention in this thread.
This looks to be the same kind of app as Growl (http://growl.info/) which someone did mention in this thread.
cmaier
Apr 4, 11:56 AM
This is the very reason why I think that Apple's policy should be reconsidered. Why would content providers such as the Financial Times be compelled to offer their content on iOS, when Apple requires them to (additionally) use the in-app purchases by which the providers lose the advantage of using their own register and keeping the entire revenue, without having to share it with Apple. The position of the Financial Times is completely understandable, regardless of what kind of business decisions the provider makes. It still doubt whether the true motive of Apple to enforce this measure is not consumer protection but receiving profits from the content of others.
Why should people who just want to read the news be compelled to provide the FT with personal information in order to do so? Why does the FT need to know my name, address, phone number, etc.?
Why should people who just want to read the news be compelled to provide the FT with personal information in order to do so? Why does the FT need to know my name, address, phone number, etc.?
mBurns
Apr 17, 09:59 AM
Hi guys. I have a Snow Leopard disk that I'm trying to use to install Snow Leopard on my aluminum MacBook. I "zero'd out" the drive from the disk and now when I try to install Snow Leopard using the very same disk I continually get a failed to download Snow Leopard after a period of time. I've tried installing S.L. twice now. Any ideas? Should I try zeroing out my disk again incase it's corrupted? Under the "failed to download" it says that necessary support files could not be installed.
Any ideas? I really want OS X on this machine again... :/
Any ideas? I really want OS X on this machine again... :/
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Lord Blackadder
Mar 15, 04:50 PM
It might get extra support on fiscal grounds, if moral fence-sitters on the issue find the financial arguments against capital punishment attractive in the current environment.
parapup
Apr 27, 04:45 PM
As someone who has to track down things like this constantly, I'm pretty unimpressed at the (lack of) speed of their code checking. This was not an obscure bug or complicated. It was just a too-large buffer definition and an execution path that always downloaded info.
And people think Apple can check binary app store submissions for bugs or trojans in just a few minutes, when they can't even find their own bugs in a few days with commented source code.
Try enabling Certificate Revocation checking on your fully updated Mac OS X install and see how long it takes for Mac App Store to show up and how long it then takes to go through the various tabs.
Also for fun - try enabling password for the screensaver and 60 minute idle logout. Then put your laptop to sleep and come back 60 min later only to have hung login window that accepts no input - works that way every time for me.
For all the jabs they took at Windows - Apple's is most untested OS after Linux distros. Looks like they only do surface tests - only the defaults are covered.
And people think Apple can check binary app store submissions for bugs or trojans in just a few minutes, when they can't even find their own bugs in a few days with commented source code.
Try enabling Certificate Revocation checking on your fully updated Mac OS X install and see how long it takes for Mac App Store to show up and how long it then takes to go through the various tabs.
Also for fun - try enabling password for the screensaver and 60 minute idle logout. Then put your laptop to sleep and come back 60 min later only to have hung login window that accepts no input - works that way every time for me.
For all the jabs they took at Windows - Apple's is most untested OS after Linux distros. Looks like they only do surface tests - only the defaults are covered.
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dubbz
Dec 18, 06:29 PM
Hehe, nice :)
saving107
Mar 18, 08:53 PM
lame post
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SteveAbootman
Apr 4, 07:16 AM
sorry for the noob question, but how did you get the text dock? looks awesome!
No need to apologize, I was the noob 3 weeks ago trying to figure this out as well :)
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=871944&highlight=guide
This guide was pretty much the only thing I followed, along with googling more specific questions. If you run into any problems, feel free to PM me, though I'm still learning as well!
Your dock is really nice looking
Thanks!
No need to apologize, I was the noob 3 weeks ago trying to figure this out as well :)
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=871944&highlight=guide
This guide was pretty much the only thing I followed, along with googling more specific questions. If you run into any problems, feel free to PM me, though I'm still learning as well!
Your dock is really nice looking
Thanks!
AP_piano295
May 6, 10:38 AM
Not giving something you own to someone else is not an act of war. Besides, the USA didn't placed the oil embargo out of nothing. Japan started a war first, hence the oil embargo.
I bet the Japanese felt different, they were at war we directly threatened their national security through our political policy.
Again it's probably the same thing we would have done, the only difference is that were so powerful people don't feel comfortable snubbing our demands.
I bet the Japanese felt different, they were at war we directly threatened their national security through our political policy.
Again it's probably the same thing we would have done, the only difference is that were so powerful people don't feel comfortable snubbing our demands.
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Consultant
Apr 27, 12:35 PM
Well, as I said before
NUTTY FOLKS: OMG Apple keeps a copy of some wifi stations on my phone. It's a huge privacy violation!
FACT: Apple doesn't access the database cache, emails, passwords, photos on your phone either.
Agreed. More often than not, Apple has tried to side with the user's interests. It's good business practice for them since an angry customer is not a good customer. And since their business model depends on people spending hard-earned cash for products, they need to make their users happy.
Wall Street and the marketplace seem to think they are doing an overall good job.
Exactly.
NUTTY FOLKS: OMG Apple keeps a copy of some wifi stations on my phone. It's a huge privacy violation!
FACT: Apple doesn't access the database cache, emails, passwords, photos on your phone either.
Agreed. More often than not, Apple has tried to side with the user's interests. It's good business practice for them since an angry customer is not a good customer. And since their business model depends on people spending hard-earned cash for products, they need to make their users happy.
Wall Street and the marketplace seem to think they are doing an overall good job.
Exactly.
skunk
Apr 6, 02:21 AM
So why are we so quick to condemn one, yet excuse at any cost the other? Bit of a double standard there.What is your point? Isn't that exactly the view I am supporting, as are Gelfin and LB? :confused:
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samcraig
Apr 28, 09:29 AM
I have a 50 page word doc that comes in at 100K (maybe a little over).
The 2MB cache is 20 times larger than this word doc.
The 2MB cache is 20 times larger than this word doc.
NoShoreGuy
Apr 18, 08:52 AM
Thanks!!
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Blue Velvet
Mar 2, 12:53 PM
like all Ponzi schemes, Social Security does not make money, it simply takes money from younger taxpayers to pay benefits to older (now retired) taxpayers. In order for this (and all) Ponzi scheme to stay afloat, there must be more and more payers or more income from each individual payer to ensure the pyramid stays intact. Unfortunately, due to reality, there are fewer young workers relative to the number of retirees to keep the system afloat. Unless a miracle occurs, Social Security will eventually collapse just like any Ponzi Scheme....
Unless a miracle occurs, Social Security will eventually collapse just like any Ponzi Scheme.
Sorry, you're just compounding fallacy upon fallacy. This is plainly incorrect. Your first post has a graph showing Social Security is unfunded, this is clearly not true as I have already provided evidence for. Your attempt to:
Stay on topic so we can have a meaningful discussion about actual practical solutions.
...means little when you're posting misleading information in the first place in order to make a scare-mongering argument about deficit reduction.
Is the US screwed? No. I've already told you why.
As for your misleading graph about taxes and revenue, note that they dropped from 9.4% to 6.7% over a 30 year period, a decline of almost one third.
Unless a miracle occurs, Social Security will eventually collapse just like any Ponzi Scheme.
Sorry, you're just compounding fallacy upon fallacy. This is plainly incorrect. Your first post has a graph showing Social Security is unfunded, this is clearly not true as I have already provided evidence for. Your attempt to:
Stay on topic so we can have a meaningful discussion about actual practical solutions.
...means little when you're posting misleading information in the first place in order to make a scare-mongering argument about deficit reduction.
Is the US screwed? No. I've already told you why.
As for your misleading graph about taxes and revenue, note that they dropped from 9.4% to 6.7% over a 30 year period, a decline of almost one third.
srobert
Oct 30, 09:44 AM
Wow! It's almost like in the hours preceding a keynote.
http://homepage.mac.com/srobert/.Pictures/busybusy.jpg
... and now... why won't the picture displays in this window...
http://homepage.mac.com/srobert/.Pictures/busybusy.jpg
... and now... why won't the picture displays in this window...
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Reventon
Dec 24, 10:21 PM
I got some money from my parents.
WeegieMac
Feb 10, 04:55 PM
One I threw together in Photoshop.
Orion Nebula wallpaper that's common on the web.
Some Apple logo PSD files, went with a glowing black Apple logo.
And a classic line in Myriad Pro.
http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/2732/screenshot20110210at225.png
Orion Nebula wallpaper that's common on the web.
Some Apple logo PSD files, went with a glowing black Apple logo.
And a classic line in Myriad Pro.
http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/2732/screenshot20110210at225.png
WildCowboy
Oct 19, 05:42 PM
Nice...catchy tune. Way over the 30 second limit though. :)
ranviper
Apr 6, 11:03 PM
Links please!
Of course!
http://www.wallpaper4me.com/images/wallpapers/grungeaceofspades-578926.jpeg
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/7089/hl1widery9.jpg
Of course!
http://www.wallpaper4me.com/images/wallpapers/grungeaceofspades-578926.jpeg
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/7089/hl1widery9.jpg
CycloneWarrior
Apr 22, 04:20 PM
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Download Game Channel to get more free apps everyday!
Game details*:
FreeAppReport.com Featured App!
DESCRIPTION:
Match 4 or more pieces of the same color by rotating layers on the board. Designed specifically for the iPod/iPhone touchscreen.
Finally! The innovative action-puzzle game that you�ve been waiting for. Amazingly simple yet insanely addictive, once you start playing you won�t be able to stop!
It sounds easy, but as you complete each level you�ll need all your skill and concentration to keep going!
If you enjoy puzzle games like Tetris, Bejeweled, Fling! and Trism, then you�ll love Gyrotate.
FEATURES:
� Automatic saving, which allows you to come back to the game right where you left off.
� Special pieces such as clocks, bombs and locks enhance the gameplay.
� 3 difficulty settings (easy, normal and hard) to cater for users of all abilities.
� In-game music that will automatically switch itself off if you're already playing music on your iPod/iPhone.
� Hints are provided to help you make matches whenever you get stuck.
� The game detects when there are no more moves available and resets the board so play can always continue.
� Open-ended gameplay means that how far you progress will only be limited by your skill.
� Detailed statistics to help you keep track of every single aspect of your playing habits.
� OpenFeint support, with 40 achievements to collect and worldwide leaderboards.
� Select music from your iPod library.
Visit us for support, info, screenshots and much more: http://www.gyrotate.com
*http://itunes.apple.com/app/gyrotate/id346225465?mt=8#
jademx6
Feb 16, 11:31 PM
Hey there
My question is this:
I use a Qwest Actiontech wireless mode. I gave someone my WEP awhile ago and I desperately need to lock them out and take away their right to use my modem. How do I do this? Thanks for your help.
My question is this:
I use a Qwest Actiontech wireless mode. I gave someone my WEP awhile ago and I desperately need to lock them out and take away their right to use my modem. How do I do this? Thanks for your help.
jrko
Mar 29, 06:44 PM
thanks 666sheep.
it can be difficult to find the correct info on these older models as compared to the newer macs I have.
it can be difficult to find the correct info on these older models as compared to the newer macs I have.
OneMike
Feb 11, 11:10 AM
How do you know you will lose the rollover mins? Does it state this?
I'm changing my voice plan as well so yes it states that you can't bring over minutes in excess of what the new plans minutes are. So I'll transfer 450 and lose the rest.
If just changing your messaging package then no that won't effect your minutes.
I'm changing my voice plan as well so yes it states that you can't bring over minutes in excess of what the new plans minutes are. So I'll transfer 450 and lose the rest.
If just changing your messaging package then no that won't effect your minutes.
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