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In the trenches of the human-bear conflict, Mammoth residents are aware of bear and wildlife issues. But in Mono County, scientific population studies on black bears are lacking, according to biologist Jonathan Fusaro.
As part of his Master's degree, Fusaro decided to take a look at the black bear population in Mammoth Lakes and compare it to a wild population near Monitor Pass.
Until now, population surveys have largely relied on data collected from bears harvested during hunting season, said Fusaro, who is also a scientific aide to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
This is problematic for several reasons, he said, one of which is that hunters tend to shoot bigger, more transient males.
Current wildlife laws and regulations are not necessarily rooted in science, Fusaro said.
"As a scientist, your methods have to be repeatable," making them applicable to other communities.
"It's not just about one town and solving their issues," he said. It's about the whole problem.
For his study, Fusaro said he set non-invasive hair traps to collect tufts of hair from the bears without harming them in any way. These tufts would later be analyzed for DNA, and used to identify individual bears.
The residents in Mammoth, he said, were very helpful once he explained his goal, and allowed him to set hair traps on private property around town.
For now, Fusaro said he is trying to get a handle on the populations of urban and wild black bears in his respective study sites. But in the future, he said he hopes his samples can provide information about what areas bears focus on in town, and whether or not sows are teaching their cubs to rely on human food.
Anecdotally, many residents of Mammoth Lakes may be able to answer this question.
"Sows teach their young how to use the resources in their environment," Fusaro said.
But, he said, this doesn't necessarily mean all urban bears will stay that way.
"Some cubs go on to be a wild bear."
Cubs will often disperse when they leave mama bear, a strategy to prevent inbreeding. But this can also mean, he said, "if cubs are used to human food, they may end up in other communities."
Fusaro said there have been reports of Yosemite's problem bears (conspicuous with their brightly colored ear tags) turning up in Mono County. And just this summer, bears from the Sweetwater Range in Nevada found their way to Big Pine to cause some trouble with cabins there.
California black bears were historically found only in the Sierra Nevada, Fusaro said. Their range has expanded, however, to include mountain ranges in far northern and southern California.
"Since 1982," he said, "the black bear population in California has tripled."
And in the past century, bear attacks have increased alongside human population growth.
"It could just be that we're in their faces more," Fusaro said. "We're interacting with them more."
What's worse, he said, this interaction results in thousands of dollars worth of property damage every year.
Tim Taylor, Mono County biologist for California Fish and Wildlife, said, "since 2001, in the eastern Sierra Nevada, Mono County, local area biologists and wardens have annually spent 25 to 35 percent of their work time from June to October attempting to resolve bear-human conflicts."
Fusaro said he hopes getting a good, scientific count of the bears in one urban and one wild environment will help improve population monitoring, and help gain support to mitigate and elucidate human-bear conflicts.
"If bears keep coming into town and you keep killing them, eventually you're going to run out of bears," Fusaro said. "It's a phenomenon called a source-sink dynamic."
In town, bears may be hit by cars, poisoned by trashed, or killed for entering homes, he said.
As far as solutions to the urban bear problem go, "there is no silver bullet," Fusaro said. Using science-based and adaptive management strategies will take time, he said.
In the words of his advisor, Michael Conover, "I'm a successful biologist if everybody hates me just a little bit."
Even the bears.


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Rational Numbers and Integer Practice
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Objective: SWBAT: • Define rational numbers • Place rational numbers on a number line • Compare rational numbers • Add integers
Big Idea: What is a rational number? Which is greater: -1.6 or -1.5? Students work to answer these questions while also practicing adding integers.
Do Now
See my Do Now in my Strategy folder that explains my beginning of class routines.
Often, I create do nows that have problems that connect to the task that students will be working on that day. Today's problem is very similar to the do now in the previous lesson, except the numbers are larger. Some students may draw a number line. Other students may draw a picture of counters.
I ask for a volunteer to share out his/her thinking and answer. I ask the class if they agree or disagree and why. I want students to recognize that if you spend more than you have in your account, you will have a negative amount of money à you owe the bank. I ask for a student to explain an overdraft fee. What if there is an overdraft fee of $15, what will be Bianca's new balance?
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Number Categories
We return to this graphic. I ask students, "What is special about rational numbers?" and "What is the difference between integers and rational numbers?" I wan students to recognize that rational numbers are integers and numbers that can be expressed as a fraction, whereas integers are positive and negative whole numbers.
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Number Line Review
- Before this lesson I use the ticket to go data from the two previous lessons (Adding and Subtracting Integers on a Number Line and Adding and Subtracting Integers with Counters) to Create Homogeneous Groups. Students will work in groups of 2.
We review that numbers on a horizontal number line increase from left to right. I ask students what numbers are represented in problem 1 and 2. A common mistake is that students think number 1 represents 1 ¾. I remind students that we can see how many hops are between 1 and 2. If we start at 1 and hop to 2, it takes 3 hops, therefore each tick mark represents 1/3. The dot represents 1 2/3. I ask students how I would represent 1 2/3 as a decimal.
I have students try problem 2 on their own. I ask, "What does each tick mark represent? How do you know?" and "What decimal represents that number? "
For problem 3, I give students some rational numbers to plot on the number line.
Possible Rational Numbers:
- 0.5 and -0.5
- -1 ½ and 1 ½
- -3.5 and -4.5
- 2 3/4 and -2 ¾
A common mistake is students confuse where rational numbers like -1 ½ go, in relation to -1. Some students may place -1 ½ mistakenly where -1/2 is on the number line. If this happens I remind students that they can think of a number line as a reflection around 0. -1 ½ falls exactly in between -1 and -2. I ask, "Is -1 ½ greater or less than -1?" Since -1 ½ is less than -1, it should be to the left of -1.
Students may have similar struggles with -2 ¾. I ask students similar questions about the placement of -2 ¾.
I have students complete the comparing problems independently. After a few minutes, I have a student come to the document camera to show and explain their thinking for each problem. For problem 2, I have students draw a number line that goes from -3 to -4 and we place -3.6 and -3.2 on it to help us compare it. A common mistake is that students ignore the negative sign and compare the numbers as if they were positive. I require students use the number line to explain and justify their answers (MP4).
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- Each partner pair will need a 1-6 die. If I want to make it more challenging for partners, I give them a 1-9 die.
I review the rules and do an example with the class. Students work with their partners to play the game. Students are engaging with MP4: Model with mathematics. Students are more engaged any time I make a game out of math practice. I walk around and monitor student progress. Some students struggle with the number line. If this is an issue, I ask students what their tick marks should count by. I also ensure that students are not changing the placement of their digits once their roll is finished.
If there are common mistakes, I note them. With a couple minutes left in this section I present the mistake and ask students to tell me if they agree or disagree and why.
I collect the students' game worksheets so I can look over them after class.
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Integer War
- Each partner pair will need a full deck of cards.
- Have bags of counters ready for each student if they choose to use them.
- I use the ticket to go data from the 2 previous lessons to determine if there are students who continue to struggle adding integers. If there is a small group of these students I will pull them to work with me.
I review the rules and go over the examples together. I review expectations and stress that students have blank numbers lines they can use and yellow and red counters if they prefer.
If I pull a small group of struggling students, here is how I may structure the activity:
- Instead of competing with each other, we will use the game as whiteboard practice.
- Two students will flip one card each.
- I ask students to tell me what number each card represents.
- Then each student will work independently (with any models they choose) to add the two integers together.
- When they finish, they show me their work on the whiteboard. If it is correct, I give them another problem. If it incorrect, I tell them where they made a mistake.
- Two more students flip one card each and we repeat the process.
If students need an additional challenge they can play "Guess Their Number". This requires students to work backwards to determine the value of their own card. They can also choose to work on the Magic Square Challenge with integers.
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Closure and Ticket to Go
For Closure I ask students to define rational numbers. I draw a quick number line that goes from -4 to -3. Where is -3.8? I have students share their ideas for placing -3.8 on the number line. Then I ask students which is greater: -3.8 or -3.6? I also ask students what strategies they had when they were playing integer war. If students don't mention it, I talk about the "Make Zero" strategy. For example, lets say I have to add -6 and 8. I know that if I add 6 to -6 I get 0, since they are opposites. So I break the problem up like this in my head: -6 + 8 = (-6 + 6) +2 = 2. This mental math strategy allows me to add integers in my head.
I pass out the Ticket to Go for students to complete independently. At the end of class I pass out the HW Rational Numbers and Integer Practice.

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First I went around the corner from the hotel to get a look at that park I can see from my window, where I saw dogs being walked in the frozen sunrise. I found that it's not a park at all, it's the grounds of the Science Museum (where PZ is doing a talk tomorrow evening) – so now I see that I can see the museum from here! It's right over my left shoulder as I speak. It's one of those massive castle type museums – the bit I can see looks like Caernarvon Castle or something. There's also a new glass part, which I can also see from here.
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Wild Iris features Kim's lighthearted and joyful duet with her longtime friend, silver-flute virtuoso Steve Kujala. Fascinating whirling sounds of improvised flute tones dance among her Celtic Harp strings. Wild Iris brings a special touch of magic to the process of awakening to the sound within.
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The immigrant experience, it's been noted, is no longer what it once was. When immigrants who came to the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries left their homelands, they left them forever. There were no telephone calls, no trips home for Christmas. Family was left behind, and so, for good or ill, was history. Emotional ties may have remained strong, and conflicts and allegiances may have carried over into the new neighborhoods, but what happened in the Old Country, and even what had happened, usually had little practical significance. The New World was a new start.
Things are different in the jet age. Now you can go home again, and the trail of immigration has become a two-way street. Assimilation is less certain, involvement with the homeland more intimate and more fraught. Even after a generation or more, families can remain suspended between two places, two languages and the claims of two discordant histories. All this is especially true of immigrants from the Caribbean basin, whose lands are so close, and whose status and plans are so often unclear. Two further circumstances distinguish these arrivals from others, be they Asians now or Europeans a century ago. First, their Old Country was already the New World, their existence there the legacy of prior displacements. Second, they come to the United States already having had historical business with it. The past they're no longer leaving behind when they get to America has already been scarred by America itself.
This new experience is calling forth a new literature. Junot Díaz's work is not, like earlier immigrant writing, about the confused but inexorable process of becoming less and less what you were and more and more American. It's about remaining what you were and the suspicion, or hope, that you'll never become American. It's about how Nueva York is less a new start than another chapter in the same old story.
Díaz made his debut eleven years ago with the highly acclaimed short story collection Drown. The pieces in Drown are brilliantly crafted, and so is the volume as a whole. It starts with three stories that take us from childhood in the Dominican campo to late adolescence in the slums of North Jersey, the path followed by Díaz himself. But then the trajectory doubles back: back to Santo Domingo (as Díaz refers to his homeland), back to childhood, back to everything we thought we'd left behind. And so it goes, back and forth, again and again. At the end of the book, we're still waiting to get off the island.
Now Díaz returns with a novel that reorchestrates this idea of an inescapable history on a grand scale. One of Drown's strengths was the tight focus of its vignettes and the limited horizon of its narrator-protagonists' understandings, the poignancy generated by the sense that these doomed Dominican kids were oblivious to the larger circumstances that determined their choices and chances. Now Díaz places their world in its widest possible historical context. That's why The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao begins not with its title character, a nerdy Dominican boy growing up in North Jersey in the 1980s and '90s, but with African slaves; exterminated natives; "dictator-for-life Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina," "also known as El Jefe, the Failed Cattle Thief, and Fuckface," who ruled the country from 1930 to 1961; and the Italian explorer who planted his first colony on Hispaniola in 1492, and whom the book refers to–so inauspicious in Santo Domingo is the utterance of his name–as "the Admiral." The white man's advent, the narrator tells us, released a demon into the world: Fukú americanus, "the Curse and the Doom of the New World." It is this fukú that drives the story, exerting its power on both the national and personal scale: on the Admiral himself; on America and JFK; on Trujillo's enemies, who include Oscar's grandfather; on El Jefe himself; and at last on poor Oscar, all the way up in New Jersey.


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The 4th of July
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 | Category: Budget Design, Color, Decor Accessories, Decorating, Events
The 4th of July is around the corner and it's time to throw together a quick, inexpensive yet chic table setting(s) and party decor for all of those guests that are coming over this weekend. Don't stress, stay calm and browse through some of these great and easy ideas to make your table stand out this holiday! All it takes is a few arts and crafts, a quick trip to your local party store and a little baking..
These paper lanterns were made by the ever so creative Martha Stewart
Use red, white and blue tissue paper or wrapping paper to create whimsicle designs. You can also cut out and make your own placemats using the same paper!
You can never go wrong with BIG, round paper lanterns from your local party store
Get out your white mugs and plates and splash the table with patriotic flags which can also be found at your local party store
Mix and match your napkins and placemats with your generic white china
Sometimes all it takes is a simple red napkin. You could add a thick blue ribbon down the center of the table runner and voila…red, white and blue!
Look how gorgeous these carnation balls are! Im sure you could find dyed blue ones as well and if not, you can dye them yourself! Thoroughly saturate a 3″ sphere of floral foam with cool water and insert your short carnation stems until the entire sphere is covered. How easy does that sound?
Dessert! This is a sure way to decorate your table and get your guests to stay until the end. Try the Barefoot Contessa's recipe for flag cake.
Use blueberries and raspberries on white frosted cupcakes
Martha Stewart's Red, White and Blue Desserts
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Are you aware of what the Penny for Pinellas has done for our community? The one-cent sales tax funds new capital improvement projects all across the county. Since voters first approved the Penny in 1989, it has funded projects such as the Memorial Causeway Bridge and the new Main Library. Remember that this is not a new tax - it is a one-cent sales tax that has already been in place for almost 20 years and is paid by all who spend money in the County, including tourists and other visitors who contribute approximately one third of the Penny revenue. The Penny for Pinellas funds these projects without relying on higher property taxes to make Pinellas County a better place to live, work and visit. Funds are divided so that 10% goes to criminal courts and jail facilities. The remainder is shared with approximately 52% to the County and 48% to Cities.


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GenomeView is a next-generation stand-alone genome browser and editor initiated in the BSB group at VIB and currently developed at Broad Institute. It provides interactive visualization of sequences, annotation, multiple alignments, syntenic mappings, short read alignments and more. Many standard file formats are supported and new functionality can be added using a plugin system.
Java-ML is a collection of machine learning algorithms with a common interface for each type of algorithms. The library is aimed at software engineers and programmers, so no GUI, but clear interfaces. It provides reference implementations for algorithms described in the scientific literature, it has well documented source code and provides plenty of code samples and tutorials.
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July 24, 2013
Clint Hoffner
Aug. 14, 1979-July 9, 2013
Age: 33
Residence: Highwood, Mont., formerly of Kersey, Colo.
Clint Hoffner, 33, of Highwood, Mont., died on July 9, 2013. He was born Aug. 14, 1979, to Gary Hoffner and Alberta Marx in Sterling, Colo.
Clint attended school in Holyoke, Fort Collins, and Windsor . He graduated from Windsor High School in 1979. Clint was very active in 4-H showing market swine. He attended Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, then returned to Kersey, where he farmed and helped run a custom hay business. He moved to Highwood, in 2006, where he worked on a dry land farming operation. Clint was an avid outdoorsman, loving to hunt and fish the Belt Mountain Range. He would return every fall to hunt pheasants in eastern Colorado with his close friends.
Clint is survived by his father, Gary Hoffner (Lori) of Yuma, Colo.; mother, Alberta Marx of Fort Collins; sister, Angela (Tyler) Kalous of Parker, Colo.; and grandparents, Donald and Mildred Hoffner of Eaton.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Harold and Virginia Marx.
A celebration of Clint's life will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday, July 13, 2013, at 23518 CR32, north of Stratton, Colo. The memorial service will be held at 6 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be sent to Farmers Bank, c/o Clint Hoffner, 119 1st St., Ault, CO, 80610.
Howe Mortuary in Longmont, Colo., handled the arrangements.
Albert Edward Kraft
June 22, 1927-July 9, 2013
Age: 86
Residence: Fort Collins, Colo.
Albert Edward Kraft, the son of Gottfred and Lydia Kraft, was born June 22, 1927, in Windsor, and passed away on July 9, 2013, in Fort Collins.
Albert was a life-long farmer and cattle feeder in the Fort Collins and Windsor area. He was a dedicated father and a hard worker, who always had one of the best beet and corn crops in the area. He received the honor of Rotarian Farmer of the Year and for many years the High Ten Sugar Beet Award. He served on the Production Credit Association Board, Soil Conservation Board and belonged to the Colorado Cattle Feeders Association. Albert and Lucille enjoyed Polka dances and he especially liked listening to Polka Time on the radio. He served many years as a devoted member of the Timberline Church Family.
Albert and Lucille were married Aug. 22, 1948, and were going to celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary in August.
The family would like to thank Caring Senior Services, Fort Collins, Seven Lakes Memory Care Center, Loveland, and the staff at Poudre Valley Hospital for their wonderful care.
Albert is survived by his wife, Lucille (Roth) Kraft, Fort Collins; two daughters, Karen (Kraft) and Bob Habel, Fort Collins, and Shelley (Kraft) and David Kooser, Colorado Springs, Colo.; and one son, Robert and Ronelda Kraft, Fort Collins; eight grandchildren, Zach and Michael Habel, Jennifer, Jeff and Jamie Kooser; Brian and Jason Kraft, and Heidi (Kraft) Anderson; and nine great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Meals on Wheels, in memory of Albert Kraft, PO Box 424, Fort Collins, CO, 80522. Friends may send condolences to the family at http://www.goesfuneralcare.com.
A celebration of Albert's life memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 13, 2013, at Timberline Church, 2908 S. Timberline Road, Fort Collins, CO.
Christophor Lee Parker
May 7, 1955-July 12, 2012
Age: 57
Residence: Howard, Colo.
Christopher Lee Parker, son of Shirley Elizabeth (Groom) Parker and Air Force Officer Howard Witham Parker, passed away one year ago, on July 12, 2012, in Howard (Fremont County), Colo.
Born May 7, 1955, at Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Miss., Christopher was only 6 weeks old when he traveled with his family to a new USAF base in Spangdahlem, Germany.
In 1958, back home in Minneapolis, Minn., Christopher attended Lake Harriet and Fulton Elementary Schools and graduated from Southwest High with honors.
Earning a B. A. in chemistry from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley led to seven years as a chemist at Geneva Pharmaceuticals, before Christopher moved to Lander, Wyo. There, he enjoyed teaching for over 10 years, pursued post-graduate studies in horticulture at the University of Wyoming, and microbiology at Central Wyoming College, and became a Registered Environmental Health Specialist/Registered Sanitarian.
Widely admired for a keen intelligence, many also remember Christopher's gentle and caring nature, attention to the spiritual, his love for cycling, hiking, baseball and music, and gift with the guitar.
Christopher is survived by his sister, Patricia (Lee Charlton) of Santa Rosa, Calif.; his brother, Richard; nephews, Harvey and Ian of Hopkins, Minn.; and by a wide network of friends across the nation.
Thaine Young
Nov. 12, 1917-July 9, 2013
Age: 95
Residence: Greeley
Thaine Young, 95, of Greeley, passed away July 9, 2013, at Life Care Center in Greeley. He was born Nov. 12, 1917, in Hershey, Neb., to Peter and Martha (Johnson) Young.
Thaine married Hilda Marie Swanson on Dec. 22, 1940, in Hershey, Neb. She passed away on Oct. 1, 2010.
Thaine graduated from Bethany College in 1940. He taught at the O'Fallon School, then moved to Wallace, Neb., and became the superintendent of schools in Axtell, Neb., in the fall of 1943.
In 1944, he was drafted into the Navy. Upon his discharge, he became superintendent of schools at Galeton for two years.
He received his master's degree at CSCE in administration in 1948, and became superintendent of schools at Keenesburg.
He retired from the school system in 1959, and bought Young's Foodliner in Keenesburg.
He officially retired in 1979. At that time, he went to work for Stan Williams Real Estate and Grunewald Realty as a Realtor; he also served on the board of directors for Mor-Valu Stamps.
He was a member of Immanuel Lutheran, served on the church council and choir for many years, was a charter member of the Keenage Singers, a charter member of the 80's Club at Immanuel and a member of the Swedish Heritage Society of Northern Colorado.
Thaine was an avid sportsman, a Rockies and Broncos fan, a season ticket holder for the Broncos since 1967, and a Lions Club member.
Thaine is survived by his sons, Lynn (Anice) Young, Greeley, Loren (Louann) Young, Evergreen, and Lee (Shirley) Young, Mountain Home, Ark.; grandchildren, Kirk Young, Anna Young, Jerin Young, Michael Young, Leslie Young, Jessie Clark, Amy Ramanadham, Melissa Novak and Erin Pade; and eight great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Hilda; and nine siblings.
Visitation will be held at 9 a.m. with services to follow at 10 a.m. Monday, July 15, 2013, at the Immanuel Lutheran Church and interment at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Immanuel Lutheran Church, in care of Allnutt Funeral Service, 702 13th St., Greeley, CO, 80631. Friends may view the online obituary and send condolences at http://www.allnutt.com.


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OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) — A city in China still holds the bikini parade record after a failed attempt in Maryland.
Organizers of Saturday's effort in Ocean City to take the title from Huludao City in China fell short. Only about 325 woman turned out under rainy skies. Brad Hoffman, who organized the parade for the North Ocean City Business Alliance, blamed the rain for the poor turnout.
Organizers were trying to attract more than 1,085 to break the record set in China earlier this month.
The 25-block parade included women of all ages.
The $10 registration fee for the event benefited charities including the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life.


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I'm new to faith writers. I'm looking forward to learning from everyone on here...
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Hi, Jill! Welcome, and I hope you enjoy being part of FWs.
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Hi Deb.
I left Faithwriters for a good bit of time due to my not recognizing that I was in full depression. At that time I wasn't listening to God or anyone else. I was an angry person. Thanks to God, a few good friends and family, I am back. I missed the writing challenge very much. My hopes are to enjoy this site more than ever, grow my writing skills, and just have fun.
God bless you all.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take. Prov. 3:5-6
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I'm so sorry to hear about the depression. That can be such an isolating and debilitating illness. I'm excited you're back and hope you find some wonderful sense of healing and love. God led me here and this site has made such a difference. A few things may have changed since you were last here so if you have questions, don't hesitate to ask. There is a testimony contest open right now, Last year they had one too and 40 stories were part of the book Trials and Triumphs. I hope you might consider checking it out. The book is still available in the free reads for review section, and this year's contest is open until August 15. back
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Thanks so much.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take. Prov. 3:5-6
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Hi ... I am 'slightly computer' illiterate ... Can someone tell me how to submit my writing?
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I've just discovered this website today. It looks good, and I hope to learn much - and maybe share something with others. I live in Finland, but grew up as a missionary kid in China and Ceylon (1947-1962). I worked about 20 years with my missionary husband in Thailand. I'm a mother of four adult children and grandmother of ten children. I've been writing a long time, mostly in the Swedish language. I took the plunge a few years ago to write in English, which was my only school language. Now I'm working on a memoir/biography about my mother who kept us five children alive and together under dire circumstances during civil war in China; escaped with us to Ceylon on the last plane out; waited there nearly a year before our father joined us. She passed on her deep faith and trust to her children.
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Dear Globetrotter, what a perfect handle for you. I can't wait to read more of your stories. You packed a lot in just these few words of introduction. I can't imagine living in so many different corners of the world! I've lived in the same tiny rural town in Western New York my whole life. Thanks to FW, I've become dear friends with people all over this great globe. FW has blessed me in many ways. I hope you find it a huge blessing too.
It's exciting to write a book and you seem like you have some great stories to tell. FW is full of wonderful people who are more than willing to help you on that journey. You may want to pop over to theNewbie Nook where more people will be likely to see your post and welcome you. I also give a somewhat guided tour of all the wonderful things the site as to offer.
I really look forward to reading your work and getting to know you more.
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Hello Fellow FaithWriters,
I love the way this post is worded throughout, and I am joyful over how these things are perfectly in line with what the Spirit calls us as Jesus' church to do. As I re-familiarize myself with the new structure of these forums, I am so happy to see growth on many fronts.
I need to be updating my profile, deleting some beginner articles and better organizing my own stuff too.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gun rights supporters filed a motion on Friday to block Maryland's new gun law, one of the toughest in the United States, from taking effect next week.
The motion, filed in U.S. District Court in Maryland, seeks a court order to block the law, which includes a ban the sale of 45 types of assault weapons.
The plaintiffs, in a lawsuit, claim the law would violate the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees the right to keep and bear arms. The suit names as defendants Democratic Governor Martin O'Malley and the Maryland State Police, among other.
A court order "would ensure that defendants do not impermissibly prevent law-abiding citizens from exercising their fundamental right to acquire and possess commonly used firearms in their homes for self-defense," the suit said.
Samantha Kappalman, an O'Malley spokeswoman, said the vast majority of Maryland residents back the law. "The new law will take effect on Tuesday and it will make families safer," she said.
The law, prompted by the December 2012 school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, requires handgun buyers to undergo safety training and submit fingerprints to obtain a license. The law also limits magazine capacity to 10 rounds, down from the prior 20-round limit.
It bans the sale of 45 types of assault weapons, including all models of the AR-15, the type of rifle used in the Newtown attack, by accused Aurora, Colorado, shooter James Holmes, and by Washington's "Beltway sniper" in 2002.
O'Malley signed the bill into law in May even as opponents, including the National Rifle Association, the powerful gun lobby, vowed to overturn it.
Earlier this month Colorado voters ousted two Democratic state lawmakers over their support for tough gun laws, a major win for gun rights supporters.
(Reporting by Ian Simpson; Editing by Scott Malone and John Wallace)


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Fri, May 22nd 2009 6:55pm
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app store, arbitrary, iphone, kama sutra, project gutenberg
- Apple Pulls Plug On Phone-Cracking Tech Vendors, Will Prevent Data Transfer From Locked Phones
- No, Counting The Number Of Patent Infringement Lawsuits Is Not A Good Way To Quantify A Company's IP Ethics
- FBI Officials Were Angry That An iPhone Hack Blocked Them From Getting Court To Force Apple To Break Encryption
- Project Gutenberg Blocks Access In Germany To All Its Public Domain Books Because Of Local Copyright Claim On 18 Of Them
- Israeli Tech Company Says It Can Crack Any Apple Smartphone
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Dan, 22 May 2009 @ 7:22pmI guess Apple assumes their customers are not mature and sophisticated enough to handle Kama Sutra. My parents have long ago passed on and if I did need a nanny it sure as hell would not be Apple. I am old enough to Steve Job's father and someone needs to take him out to the woodshed and give him an attitude adjustment. When your ego gets in the way of your business its time to move on.
Grem135, 22 May 2009 @ 8:24pm
Re:Apple people with egos? some peeps would call you a windows fanboy for saying that...lmfao
Anonymous Coward, 23 May 2009 @ 10:24am
Re: Re:some peeps would call you a windows fanboy for saying that
And some would call you one dimensional for seeming to think that there are only two operating systems.
Anonymous Coward, 23 May 2009 @ 12:18pm
Re: Re: Re:I know there are more than 2 operating systems (I use 3: OS X, Windows, SuSE), but lets be realistic now. His comment, which was a joke, is very applicable to a very large majority of the population.
Anonymous Coward, 24 May 2009 @ 8:46am
Re: Re: Re: Re:::sigh:: I agree with Dan, yet I use the goddamn iPhone 3G. You don't have to be a non-Apple user to realize that Steve Jobs is a dick.
Anonymous Coward, 25 May 2009 @ 11:20am
Re: Re: Re:In terms of market value, there are only two operating systems. ~_^
Anonymous Coward, 26 May 2009 @ 6:04pm
Re: Re: Re: Re:In terms of market value, there are only two operating systems.
No, only ONE.
Anonymous Coward, 2 Jun 2009 @ 3:23pm
Re: Re: Re: Re:That is a stupid, stupid comment.
jidus, 24 May 2009 @ 1:33pm
Re: Re:it's a widely accepted stereotype that apple owners have big egos. :P
Anonymous Coward, 24 May 2009 @ 2:21pm
Re: Re: Re:Eh... I never really liked apples until one winter I worked in Redmond.
Seeing how scatterbrained they are when they dev software made me go mac. The rub was how few formal processes existed, and how scatterbrained they were. It was kinda enlightening, actually. I estimate 50% of the management is on ADD meds, and they don't take 'em.
I suppose it's one of those things where the best words are "You should have seen it". or "It's a glorious day when they produce something" Maybe that's why they have all the parties.
"I farted!!"
"Well, that's amazing, Bill. Let's have a party."
Anonymous Coward, 22 May 2009 @ 9:09pmApple's probably just preparing to release their own e-book store soon, and wants to preemptively block the competition.
Another Anonymous Coward, 23 May 2009 @ 8:25am
Re: Naughty Material and Iphone ebook readerseReader and Kindle are available for the iphone and if you search through available books for these apps you'll find various erotic books from romances to penthouse letter/stories. Yet these were approved.
What gives?
Anonymous Coward, 23 May 2009 @ 12:29pm
Re:Considering the rumors of a large format iPod Touch this is probably a very real possibility. Unfortunately Apple will probably go with a proprietary format DRM-laden version of an ebook that will really irritate everyone unnecessarily.
crystalattice (profile), 22 May 2009 @ 9:25pm
Apple is bipolarApple makes great hardware and the software is good. It even goes to extremes to show how much better Apple products are compared to other companies. Yet, by doing blocking some applications, it shows that retards are running the company.
I love Apple's products but I don't like its policies. The only reason I bought an iPod Touch was for the PDA functionality and music/video capabilities. Applications are useful but I still prefer a full-blown computer.
Thom, 22 May 2009 @ 9:40pm
Oh, WTF??Seriously, I love Apple products to death, but sometimes their polices are simply arcane; they seriously over-police just about everything. Is it possible they're sketchy about getting sued because they sue everyone else? Considering Apple often claims to be an enlightened company in an enlightened state, this Puritanistic/scaredy-cat perspective is both short-sighted and ridiculous.
So there.
Bill M., 22 May 2009 @ 9:44pm
If you want a great example of Apple's hypocrisy, try downloading the "Chat Rooms" app. This is a completely irresponsible chat app which asks no registration, does not let you block/ignore offensive users, has no private messaging abilities, no mechanism to report abuse, an easily circumvented "bad words" filter, and does not let you reserve a username. Indeed it doesn't even prevent you from specifying a username already in use. The result is complete anarchy and filth, as there is no accountability on anyone's part.
At any moment, you can log into one of the eight rooms and watch every disgusting, vile, and illegal thing you can imagine. While the room topics are such things as "Sports" and "Finance" the actual chat is 100% sex, racism, spam, drugs, and perversion. It's not unusual to see 13yo kids (or at least those claiming to be) sending out their IM addresses, email addresses and even phone numbers in the open.
It makes a Yahoo chat room seem like a Sunday school social.
The very design of the application -- oblivious to lessons learned from 20 years of other public chat rooms -- is what enables this kind of behavior. Sure, chat rooms are never completely safe, but this one has so few controls, it's criminally negligent.
Complaints to Apple have been ignored, and the review I wrote about this was not approved. (Indeed, there seem to be suspiciously few published reviews given the number of downloads.)
Here's an example where Apple is continuing to distribute an app which -- while merely annoying to adults -- is patently dangerous to the millions of minors with iPod Touches.
It's hypocrisy because Apple can apparently "think ahead" in the case of an eBook reader, but can't see the obvious problems in an utterly unrestricted and unredeemable social app like this.
Anonymous Coward, 23 May 2009 @ 2:51am
Re: ObscenityGet off that high horse of yours, will you? Maybe you're new around here, but the "think of the children" approach is the real hypocrisy in the view of many, if not most, of the techdirt community. On the other hand, what Apple is doing is:
a) pandering to the "think of the children" demographic
b) a little underhanded tactic because they might have other interests to protect (like a potential Apple eBook reader or something similar)
c) both
d) something else that just eludes me right now
What some don't understand is that the Internet is a communication system and people should (I would say MUST, but that's just me) be able to use it to communicate as they see fit. If ChatRooms offends you in any way, no one is forcing you to use it. Just move on to an app that satisfies your needs. That doesn't mean that the people that enjoy it as it is now have to conform to your rigid moral views.
You are talking about "sex, racism, spam, drugs, and perversion". Let's take a look at each of these:
a) sex: if you don't enjoy sex or talking about sex, that is your problem, not the problem of the rest of the world.
b) racism: even if it's reprehensible, you won't change the people by filtering it. Moreover, the whole concept of politically corectess has gone way off the tracks lately so I would hypothesize that some of the racist comments that you can find online is just a way of venting all those repressed feelings that have become taboo to express in real life.
c) spam: how do you define spam in a chat room? Are you talking about various advertisments? It wouldn't feel like a chat room without them. As long as they don't interfere much with the conversation, I think they're actually welcome.
d) perversion: is in the eye of the beholder. What you find perverse may very well be normal for someeone else.
d) drugs: I left this at the end because this is the only topic that be attacked logically. It could be attacked because some drugs are illegal, but only because of that. On top of that, let's check how the "War on Drugs" has been going... It is a huge waste of taxpayers' money and the results are some more racism (because caucasians are almost always treated better than hispanics or african americans when it comes to enforcement), encouragement of criminal organizations (because without drugs to traffic, they would have no comparable source of income) and the perverse effect of drawing more people to drugs because it's human nature to think "let's try this because it's illegal, so it must be at least interesting". Remember the prohibition? It didn't turn out so well in the end.
Bill M., 23 May 2009 @ 11:17am
Re: Re: ObscenityYou're missing the point. If Apple's going to block apps based on obscenity, which is their choice, then it's hypocrisy to ban something because it can access The Kama Sutra (a classic) while it approves of "Chat Rooms," which seems to lack any redeeming value.
[Also, it strikes me you're on a high horse of a different kind.]
Anonymous Coward, 23 May 2009 @ 11:58am
Re: Re: Re: ObscenityThe point is that Apple shouldn't be blocking apps based on obscenity in the first place, because obscenity is a relative concept. To that point, my opinion is that Kama Sutra shouldn't even register as obscene in the first place. It should be considered educational material. So, yeah, I agree with you that I'm on a high horse in regard to this issue. Let's agree to disagree.
Closer to your concern about ChatRooms, that app became obscene (by your standard) because of how people use it to communicate. Neverthless, in itself, it doesn't offer access to any previously existing material that could be considered obscene by anybody's standards. When Apple reviewed it, they couldn't have anticipated how it was going to be used by the users. Arguing that in order to pass some arbitrary decency standards an app has to have certain features would be too much of a stretch, even for Apple. On the other hand, the eBook reader, can indeed access some content that could be classified as obscene. The real hypocrisy is that the same, idenical, content could be acessed by other means, so it's not like the censorship has any effect other than to harm tha eBook reader's developer.
Anonymous Coward, 23 May 2009 @ 10:29am
Re: ObscenityIf you want a great example of Apple's hypocrisy, try downloading the "Chat Rooms" app.
I suggest that if it so upsets you that you quit using it. Seriously, you sound like the kind of shrill wannabe nanny that Apple is already catering to too much.
Anonymous Coward, 23 May 2009 @ 12:32pm
Re: Re: ObscenityYou have very low reading comprehension skills. Bill M was clearly not headed that direction with his post. If you just want someone to troll, try finding people who post things much like what you just posted, and call them names. It will work out much better for you than trying to sound intelligent.
layton, 25 May 2009 @ 4:37am
Re: Re: Re: ObscenityI find it very interesting that whenever someone has a different point of view and is vocal about it, he's automatically labeled a troll. When did criticizing become so morally reprehensible that you sholudn't speak up for your point ov view?
This is exactly what Apple does best with its AppStore: self cenorship... and people seem to believe that's how things should be. Think about it...
Anonymous Coward, 25 May 2009 @ 8:46pm
Re: Re: Re: ObscenityYou have very low reading comprehension skills. Bill M was clearly not headed that direction with his post.
Bill was very obviously complaining that Apple wouldn't ban an iPhone app that he didn't like. If that's not wanting to enforce nanny-like control, then what is? I think it is you that has "very low reading comprehension skills" if you can't see that.
Anonymous Coward, 2 Jun 2009 @ 3:17pm
Re: Re: ObscenityRegardless of his complaints about the application, their rejection of reviews is a valid complaint. Why they should be censoring a review in the first place is just one more notch in Apple's hypocrisy belt.
inc, 22 May 2009 @ 11:09pmtoo late for that.. you can read that on just about any e-book app. you can also read the pdf on the iphone lol silly apple
Windowslogy, 22 May 2009 @ 11:44pm
Not sure the reason was Kama SutraI read the same topic on TechCrunch the other day. As I commented there, I don't think Apple rejects the app simply because Apple doesn't want its users access Kama Sutra. I don't think Apple guys are that stupid. There must be some other reason they rejected the app: You have to find it out.
Anonymous Coward, 23 May 2009 @ 10:31am
Re: Not sure the reason was Kama SutraThere must be some other reason they rejected the app: You have to find it out.
Then why haven't you done so?
Anonymous Coward, 23 May 2009 @ 4:46amwhen will they get it ? we buy hardware so that we can use it to its FULLEST capability but the manufacturers of said hardware who tout the capabilities then limit them . WTF?
anon, 25 May 2009 @ 7:51am
Re: apple doesn't get it.by Anonymous Coward - May 23rd, 2009 @ 4:46am
"when will they get it ? we buy hardware so that we can use it to its FULLEST capability but the manufacturers of said hardware who tout the capabilities then limit them . WTF?"
Believe it or not, Some people out there do actually buy Apple because its legal. Look at the I-Tunes store. Believe it or not, there just might be parents out there more likely to buy a product from vendors that put limitations on their hardware, so that their kids aren't able to access "everything". If you want the kamasutra, there are tons of other places to get it.
Bodeddie, 23 May 2009 @ 6:52amI think everyone here is missing the real point. Once again Apple is taking the low road. Remember the all proprietary all the time days of Apple Hardware and Software? What they have could only be called monopolistic business practices when it comes to iPhone Apps. You purchase a piece of hardware, but to add functionality to it you must go through them. Developers of iPhone Apps are tied to the App Store as the only viable means of getting their software to the market. (I know about the direct licensing possibilities for rejected Apps, but they have already started tightening that noose, and it will probably be discontinued entirely.) The real problem here is that Ma Bell has raised her ugly head once again! (A bit ironic that iPhones are currently tied to AT&T, one of the three bastard children from the original break-up) Without jailbreaking the iPhone (which is technically a violation of DMCA) you are tethered to Apple's teat like a newborn calf. How would you fell if HP or Dell computers would only allow you to run software bought from them?
Anonymous Coward, 23 May 2009 @ 10:40am
Re:How would you fell if HP or Dell computers would only allow you to run software bought from them?
Apparently, some people would like it. Those are the kind that buy Apple stuff.
The Cenobyte, 23 May 2009 @ 7:07am
Why do people like this company?Why do people love these guys so much? They are a crazy, kind of backwards thinking, not sure what it's own business model is, most abitrary IT company. Yet somehow they collect fans like rockstars. They are like those guys that made the jelly shoes, product was ok but not over the top great, price is to high, yet somehow everyone has to have some. Just don't understand at all, does no one care about getting value for their dollar anymore?
Full disclosure I am a PC guy. Not a MS guy, a PC guy a number of OS and hardware and owned a few Apples back in the day (Can I hear it for the Apple II?!?!)
Anonymous Coward, 23 May 2009 @ 12:37pm
Re: Why do people like this company?Loved the Apple IIe. But anyway, Apple is not an IT company, it is a consumer electronics hardware company who also provides software as needed with the hardware. That is an important distinction in my mind. The App Store does not exist merely to provide Apple with income, but instead exists to promote sales of the iPhone.
IanK, 23 May 2009 @ 7:49am
Apple doesn't block the Kama SutraApple allows the Kama Sutra to be read using other apps. It just blocked this app. I don't know why, but the reason is probably pretty stupid for everyone else except Apple.
Apple is run by a little dictator. The day Steve Jobs retires or dies is the day Apple starts improving. After all, part of the reason for their popularity is due to the design of the products, and Steve doesn't design anything. It would be a greater concern if Jon Ives left.
Easily Amused, 23 May 2009 @ 7:53am
Re:English, motherfucker, Do you speak it?!?
Anonymous Coward, 23 May 2009 @ 10:36am
Re: Re:English, motherfucker, Do you speak it?!?
Don't you know spam when you see it?
Gary, 23 May 2009 @ 8:12am
This is what you get when you buy locked up hardwareSeriously folks. Stop buying hardware that is locked to a particular vendor. STOP giving them your money.
Kat Miller, 23 May 2009 @ 8:50am
How stupid is Apple??How truly stupid is Apple in their decision? I, for one, cannot see the sense with it-it will only drive Ipod/Iphone users to find other avenues to what they want. Idiocy on a grand scale (especially for Apple) should not be tolerated by those that pay these outrageous prices for those silly Ipods/Iphones... Apple, if you were thinking straight, you would see the potential to make massive money off of this, (not like you are already ripping your buyers off.) =)
Anonymous Coward, 23 May 2009 @ 10:48am
CampaignI wonder what would happen if there were to appear a (satirical) letter writing and petition signing campaign demanding that Apple remove the web browser from the iPhone because it can access objectionable content? "Think of the children" and all that. I bet it would be amusing to see Apple's reaction. Hmm?
Anonymous Coward, 24 May 2009 @ 8:50am
Re: CampaignApple rarely reacts to anything. They rarely offer apologies. They rarely explain themselves. I highly doubt it'd get a reaction.
bowerbird, 23 May 2009 @ 11:20ami thought it was humorous that the apple reviewer actually _searched_
for the kama sutra... who knew those fools could be so darn erudite?
ironically, this action has given eucalyptus tremendous word-of-mouth.
so in the end, the programmer should thank apple for the big boost up...
Anonymous Coward, 23 May 2009 @ 2:58pmI agree with my fellow Anonymous Coward, Apple probably has an eBook reader in the works and killing its future competition. I saw those the demo vids of Eucalyptus and it looks really good, the guy put a lot of work into it, shame that Apple would just throw it away like that.
Jamie, if you're reading this, I have 2 suggestions:
-Cydia/Installer: I heard they're starting their own AppStore, and I'd buy your App in a heartbeat when its available...
-Blackberry: I use both a iPod Touch and a Curve, and believe me the crackberry community would welcome you with open arms, not make stupid comments to excuse Apple's behaivour.
Anonymous Coward, 23 May 2009 @ 3:51pmOne more thing: it occurs to me that if the rumors about Apple's touch-screen tablet are true, it would be directly positioned against the Kindle which is... guess what? An eBook Reader!
Gussy, 23 May 2009 @ 4:12pm
Safe Harbour Laws?Wouldn't Apple be able to hide behind the Safe Harbour of the DCMA or what ever it is called? Seeing that they are just a distributor of the material and not hosting it in anyway. Seeing that everything is coming off the net and not being stored locally or on the ipod. It could also have a rating on it, like they do for movies, then people under a certain age couldn't get into it? Or allow free choice?
Esahc (profile), 23 May 2009 @ 4:25pm
ReligionWhat bothers me is the Kama Sutra is not only a sex guide but the majority of the text is a relationship manual; more importantly though the Kama Sutra is and was a religious text. Apple really needs to get there head out of the clouds.
What will they ban next, a bible app that doesn't edit out the Song of Solomon?
bob, 23 May 2009 @ 7:15pm
This Is Why I Don't Buy AppleI like my smut unencumbered.
bugsy, 23 May 2009 @ 10:16pm
Really?Who gives a shit about this?
Noah Body, 23 May 2009 @ 11:49pm
Sigh,,,Big brother strikes yet again! This is why I control my hardware with software I can say is good and not looking out just for image and profits. Read in to that what you will.
uhmno, 24 May 2009 @ 7:34amApple (blah blah blah)
outlaw26r, 24 May 2009 @ 8:29amApple at this point in the stage can do what they like. There is really no competition. However as all the others come out with their app stores, then apple will be forced to either change their stance or loose their position of leadership. We can complain about their policies until we're blue in the face but until they feel they will lose market share it isn't much of a concern. However, this seems to be a short sighted policy that will only turn away developers to other products. An Iphone is great but its mainly the strength of its apps that keep it where it is. Piss off the developers and your only hurting your own product.
It would be great if people were able to take responsibility for themselves again. But for all those "someone think of the children!" people (Mainly parents who want to avoid said responsibility.) How about a rating system like movies for apps and allow parents to block certain ratings? Then let the community rate these so it takes apple out of the picture and these articles stop popping up like weeds ever week. I guess I'm trying to say, "Hurry up competition! Your the only way the app store will improve itself."
Anonymous Coward, 24 May 2009 @ 2:40pm
Re:Eh. I find Apple's Software Update feature real useful. Seriously, you update all software thru Apple's website. Need a copy of Java? Want a Twitter Client? Go to Software Update. Updates to VLC? You go to Software Update.
I think Software Update is what the App store is trying to be but there's a small number of inconsiderate people who keep f---ing things up without looking at the whole mac software lifecycle and in the process call foul, saying the big, bad, mean man with a islet cell neuroendocrine tumor is picking on them.
outlaw26r, 24 May 2009 @ 8:44amOkay, maybe I stand corrected. Just read on CNet that apple reversed their actions. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10248736-37.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5
Ma ybe Apple listens to the uproar of complaints from their users after all. Still, as a primary MAC user (no Iphone or Ipod touch) I am really begging for some competition here.
Anonymous Coward, 24 May 2009 @ 8:54am
Re:Tell Apple to stop suing and putting places out of business like Psystar. Until they stop suing and shutting down the competition, you won't see competition. Maybe you should stop buying Macs and vote with your wallet instead of just hoping. Btw, its "Mac," not "MAC," as "MAC" is an acronym already in use in the computer world (including Macs). Mac was just short for Macintosh, but eventually they just changed it to Mac.
outlaw26r, 24 May 2009 @ 12:58pm@ Coward - Psystar has little to nothing to do with the mobile sector. The competition I was referring to is Windows Mobile, RIM, Android and if you want to count it before it's released then Palm. All these companies are able to release their own App markets and in fact are doing or planning to do so. So I don't see how I'm wrong for hoping their competition and more open app markets makes the environment better for all developers/end users by competing for the quality developers.
And I did vote with my Wallet, I have a windows mobile device and am wishing to hell it had the same ease of use app store that Iphone users enjoy. Don't mark me as some Apple fan boy just to get your troll comments in.
Tim Layton, 12 Jun 2009 @ 11:54am
Re:Did you read the news about the windows mobile 6.5 release? The windows marketplace for mobile is part of this release and you can browse and download apps right from your phone.
Anonymous Coward, 24 May 2009 @ 5:28pmThe app has been approved without the filter and is now available in the app store. Too bad the author wants $9.99 for it. I was going to buy it just to support him, but that's a little steep for an app I don't have a use for.
Anonymous Coward, 26 May 2009 @ 6:13pm
Re:The app has been approved without the filter and is now available in the app store.
And with no explanation as to why, either. Isn't that strange? It seems Apple maybe has something to hide.
Techsupoort, 24 May 2009 @ 11:36pm
RE:How would you fell if HP or Dell computers would only allow you to run software bought from them?
Techsupoort, 24 May 2009 @ 11:37pm
RE:How would you fell if HP or Dell computers would only allow you to run software bought from them?
Anonymous Coward, 25 May 2009 @ 8:50pmApple rejecting apps sure gives them a lot of free advertising, from sites like this that go crazy whenever any app is rejected on questionable grounds... who really cares, apple is a private company they can reject any app for any reason they want, particularly if the apps don't reflect the image apple wants, which clearly seems to be the case with the apps I see rejected which are in questionable taste. If you don't like it you don't have to use the iphone.
Jake, 26 May 2009 @ 12:39am
Apple is losing itApple is really losing it. I heard of some other programming investing a lot of time in money in an App that was rejected as well. And here is the worst thing: they won't make this judgement till you submit the full application. That is so lame. Why would I waste my time on something that could end up being be completely useless, and lose all my money? Jake visit me at registry cleaners
Brave Anonymous Coward, 8 Oct 2009 @ 12:47pm
We need more undocumented featuresAll I care about is finding strange and useless undocumented features buried in software. Not just easter eggs, rotting easter eggs. Keep poking some button while you rotate it back and forth to reverse all of the text on the screen, or to activate a misspelling dictionary. If I wanted to get something done, I'd be working on a bigger machine. We needs handheld apps that help us be inefficient and encourage wasting time.
alliecat, 18 Apr 2013 @ 3:57amThe difference between censoring hate speech (such as racism, for example) and censoring "adult content" is that whereas in the latter case the person being censored is perfectly capable of choosing for themselves whether they want access to the content, in the former case that's simply not the point. Where hate speech is concerned, the aim of censorship isn't necessarily to protect the person being exposed to it - especially if that person is a member of the dominant group respective to the group being attacked - but to protect anyone who frequent exposure to similar hate speech might contribute to that person hurting.


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