Kansas has struggled with this issue in the past. At least they are making a little headway. What scares me is that other states are considering doing away with evolution.
“Kansas is one of several states, including Arizona, Alabama, Illinois, New Mexico, Texas and Nebraska, where school boards have attempted to take evolution out of state science standards or to de-emphasize evolutionary concepts.”
It must be Christmas time at Microsoft (or maybe they just borrowed a couple things from Apple)…
Notice the golden poppies and the rubber-ducky that kev was talking about…. I think this is purposely done in a subliminal manner by Microsnot to assure that the resemblance with MacOS X is spotted instantly… but, then again, maybe I’m just on crack.
Sources;
http://www.apple.com/macosx/usingosx/desktop.html
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/guide/newlook.asp
… copyrights are property of the respective blah blah blah … if you want them removed, let us know.
Want a laugh? Windows XP: Where do your developmentally-disabled children want to go today? And isn’t that rubber-ducky picture the same one used in MacOS 9?
This should be fun…Get your ears ready for some burning sensations.
The upcoming appeal arguments between the federal government and Microsoft Corp. will be a broadcast first, as audio of the hearings will be streamed live on the Internet.
Tune in Feburary 26 and February 27. The arguments will be available on the Web at ABC and C-SPAN Online.
I jumped on Erasing.org today, and found that its author has encountered a little cyberplaigarism… Take your time, click on the link, and check it out… He even took a screenshot of it and wrote a blow-by-blow replay and commentary on what was stolen. The person who did it has to be a reader, and would have to see what happened… and if the author didn’t check his referrer logs, would probably never known about it. Pretty scary that someone can do this so easily. But I guess we’ve all seen it with k10k and Kiiroi…
You know, once when I was in art school, this jerk that nobody liked stole a Playboy ad and stole it as his own. He was kicked out, only to return 3 quarters later. He was mocked oh-so-badly.
Eighty-eight percent of 117726 (at the time I checked) votes on MSNBC said Napster shouldn’t be shutdown. Not a scientific survey, but the numbers are overwhelming.
Napster is illegal. Napster can stay online only until the judge that originally ordered the injunction can get it to be more specific. Then, essentially, Napster is dead. I have an idea as to how they can make money and make the record labels reasonably happy: Sell Napster. And not in that stupid subscription service idea, either. I should be able to go down to CompUSA, pick up a box that says ‘Napster’ on it that includes the (final version) filesharing software, MP3-ripping and playing software, and maybe even a mail-in rebate for a deal on DSL. I should be able to walk to the register, pay $100 for it, and never have to worry about it again. That’s my idea. I think it would work.
Although I do have some things to say about why a subscription service would NOT work:
You see, when I pay for a magazine subscription, both I and the magazine publisher acknowledge that I will without fail get a magazine in the mail each and every month that I have paid for. This goes for beer of the month clubs, cheese of the month clubs, HBO, internet access; everything. Now, Napster would not work this way due to one simple fact: it is a peer-to-peer, individual-driven filesharing service. If the guy I’m getting a 2-hour long live Paul Van Dyk trance set from happens to decide I’m using too much of his bandwidth, or his computer freezes, or his power goes out, my download is nearly useless. Sure, the MP3 plays up until the download cut off, but shit, I’m paying monthly for this. I don’t want unreliable connections, slow connections, high pings and all that to get in the way of my download. But if it’s free, and a download breaks, then I don’t care, because I’m not paying for it. So the only way to make sure people are happy paying for Napster would be for Napster to make sure that downloads don’t break, and in its current state, that is impossible. Leaving subscription holders pissed off if every time they try to get a Britney Spears song, the only people they can get it from are on 28.8 modems. Just my 2 cents.
Enderle compares the Windows XP user interface to the Aqua interface in Apple Computer Inc.’s Mac OS X, which is due in March. Aqua has large rounded icons, myriad menu options, fluid application control and a turquoise color scheme. Windows XP should also be more user-friendly, modern-looking and showy than its predecessor.
“The capability is there to make it look like an Aqua clone,” Enderle said. “This is going to be a very Apple-like launch.”
Microsoft is getting nowhere near X unless they can develop something like Quartz.
By the way, if you’ve gone to Contagent lately, and can’t get in because your resolution is too low, then I’m with ya. I’ve already voiced my concern with them about this. Hopefully, we’ll see it changed soon.
