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10381 [lbo-talk] Windows question -- rank: 1000

On Nov 8, 2007, at 11:49 AM, ravi wrote: > Re: Intel Macs. Yes they are faster because of the CPU, but as someone > pointed out its also because these are newer dual-core chips, with a > faster bus, etc, etc. Its not an entirely fair comparison. It is for the user. They cost the same, they're made a year apart, but the Intels are many times faster than the PPCs. > its generally cheaper because (AFAIK) its tied to a system > i.e., as per the Windows license you cannot just willy-n ...

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Date:	Thu Nov 8 09:11:20 PST 2007

10382 [lbo-talk] the Dems. money astrologers -- rank: 1000

On Nov 8, 2007, at 11:27 AM, ravi wrote: > Who cares, when we can join the "netroots" in beating on Kucinich (who > introduced impeachment proceedings against Cheney). What a waste of time. Both pursuits, really. The "netroots" are just a bunch of Dem hacks, aren't they?

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Date:	Thu Nov 8 08:41:01 PST 2007

10383 [lbo-talk] Windows question -- rank: 1000

On Nov 8, 2007, at 8:09 AM, Sandy Harris wrote: > A very good paper, by a well-known researcher, on the costs > of Windows Vista: > http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html My god this is deeply insane. So what's with the discounters who sell OEM versions for $90, vs. near-$200 for regular retail (incl Amazon.com)?

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Date:	Thu Nov 8 07:01:15 PST 2007

10384 [lbo-talk] Windows question -- rank: 1000

On Nov 8, 2007, at 9:32 AM, B. wrote: > I used to believe the 90s hype > that the AIM alliance's PowerPC RISC chips were the > wave of the future, too. OOPS. My Intel MacBook is a *lot* faster than my PowerPC iMac, and they both have the same clock speed (2 GHz).

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Nov 8 06:45:02 PST 2007

10385 [lbo-talk] you could be French -- rank: 1000

Fresh, bold thinking from Obama's economist, Austan Goolsbee: "Perhaps the lesson from the research can be boiled down to something most Americans clearly understand: The world economy may be tough on your industry but look on the bright side: you could be French." <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/21/business/worldbusiness/21scene.html>

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Date:	Thu Nov 8 06:41:53 PST 2007

10386 [lbo-talk] the Dems. money astrologers -- rank: 1000

What a depressing crew. And Goolsbee, Obama's economist, has a fan in George Will! <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/03/ AR2007100302003.html>

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Date:	Thu Nov 8 06:39:40 PST 2007

10387 [lbo-talk] hunger strike -- rank: 1000

Columbia students on hunger strike against racist, sexist university embedded in racist, sexist society, Judging from their demands, they may never eat again. <http://www.cu-strike.blogspot.com/>

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Date:	Thu Nov 8 06:14:43 PST 2007

10388 [lbo-talk] life, meet "art" -- rank: 1000

New York Post [Page Six] - November 8, 2007 Chertoff Meets Jack Bauer TURNS out Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is a huge fan of "24." When he heard Kiefer Sutherland, who plays counter-terrorist agent Jack Bauer, was in Washington, D.C., over the weekend to shoot the hit Fox series, Chertoff paid a visit to the set outside the Willard Intercontinental Hotel to see art imitating his life. "He observed them filming a scene and talked with executive producer Brad ...

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Date:	Thu Nov 8 06:03:47 PST 2007

10389 [lbo-talk] counting to 200 -- how about 500 -- rank: 1000

On Nov 8, 2007, at 8:51 AM, Andy F wrote: > On Nov 7, 2007 7:39 PM, ira <ira at yanua.com> wrote: > >> And guess what now? New reliable estimates suggest that using these >> market prices rather than level 3 model gimmicks - will lead to >> losses >> of another $100 billion on top of hundreds of billions of subprime >> losses. And some market participants are already talking quite >> realistically about total losses from this credit disaster ...

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Date:	Thu Nov 8 05:59:30 PST 2007

10390 [lbo-talk] Lannans -- rank: 1000

Speaking of Mike Davis getting awards, he just got a Lannan ($150,000). As did Jeremy Scahill.

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Date:	Thu Nov 8 05:19:58 PST 2007

10391 [lbo-talk] support for civil unions: 55% -- rank: 1000

Support for Civil Unions Rises, Yet Sharp Divisions Remain A record number of Americans in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll support civil unions for gay couples, and most continue to favor legal abortion while behind those majority views sharp political and ideological divisions rage on. Overall, 55 percent favor allowing homosexual couples to form legally recognized civil unions, giving them the same rights as married couples in areas such as health insurance, inheritance and pen ...

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Date:	Thu Nov 8 05:14:49 PST 2007

10392 [lbo-talk] Windows question -- rank: 1000

On Nov 7, 2007, at 11:04 PM, John S Costello wrote: > Windows Genuine Advantage > (serial number validation) Ha. Advantage to whom?

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Date:	Thu Nov 8 04:46:11 PST 2007

10393 [lbo-talk] Windows question -- rank: 1000

On Nov 7, 2007, at 10:47 PM, ravi wrote: > You are required to register your computer (online or using the phone) > within N (= 120?) days of buying the OS. At that time, XP computes a > hardware signature of your machine, which is used to generate a hash/ > key which is then stored on your computer. Should the computed > signature change subsequently for your system then you lose the > authorisation. Wow. Apple, a company that's no stranger to DRM, does no such thing. And the ...

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Date:	Thu Nov 8 04:45:54 PST 2007

10394 [lbo-talk] Petrocracy in Venezuela? -- rank: 1000

On Nov 7, 2007, at 10:57 PM, Carl Remick wrote: > Rosenberg wasn't awarded > a "genius grant" from the MacArthur Foundation in 1987 for nothing. Hey, Mike Davis got one of those. They're not all awarded to apologists. Doug

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Date:	Thu Nov 8 04:39:13 PST 2007

10395 [lbo-talk] Windows question -- rank: 1000

So you techies out there, what's the story with Windows (specifically XP) serial numbers? Does it "phone home" to see if the s/n's been used already? Does it check on a network to see if there are dupes of the s/n in use? Or what?

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Date:	Wed Nov 7 18:51:10 PST 2007