Day: March 22, 2007

According to Evan Derkacz, the Reverend Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr., “rips the New York Times a new one”. You be the judge.

Tags:
Obama, Presidential Race, 2008, Politics, Election

It’s an illusion.

With all the rumors swirling about Leopard’s possible April release date, developers close to the matter want to make something very clear: we’re all crazy.

There have been a lot of rumors lately from “unconfirmed” sources about Leopard’s expected ship date. For a while, everyone was sure it was going to ship mid-to-late March. Then mysteriously, the ship date (according to these anonymous sources) got shifted to mid-April—perhaps because we are already in late March. Oops.

Developers who work closely with Apple have been dying to tell the world how very, very wrong we all are.

There are 7 computers in my house. 5 are Windows machines and 2 are Macs. I upgraded one of the Windows machines to the latest “Vista” version. Lots of stuff didn’t work. I couldn’t find drivers for my wireless card. My printer didn’t work until I found updated drivers. I had to buy a new sound card. Yet still today, I feel like that machine isn’t quite right. It’s no longer reliable. That’s why I only updated one of my machines. I didn’t want to mess ’em all up. Such is the case when you jump on board the first release of a new operating system. Problems will happen.

I don’t expect a similar experience with Leopard, but I won’t be grabbing for my credit card the day the OS is released either. There’s no real reason to. With Vista, I got a new user interface, but not a lot more. With Leopard, it seems I’ll get a Time Machine (heh), something called “Spaces” and some cool new animation. There’s got to me more ‘There’ there if I’m to get overly excited about OS X 10.5.

My advise to Apple? If what I see today about Leopard is true, don’t rush it to market. I can wait.

Tags:
Mac, Apple, Leopard, OS X 10.5, Microsoft, Windows, Vista

The D.C. Voting Bill has been pulled by Democrats after Republicans added a motion that would repeal the gun ban for the district.

The move is a clear signal that Democrats have lost control of House floor after minority Republicans presented the Democratic majority with a politically unpalatable motion that their conservative members would be forced to support for fear of angering the gun rights community.

Fifty-two Democrats voted with Republicans on a similar measure to repeal the gun ban in 2004. That would be more than enough support for Republicans to add a repeal to the voting rights bill – something a majority of Democrats would vehemently oppose.

Republicans have taken great pride in offering motions to recommit during their time in the minority, an often over-looked legislative procedure that has allowed them to amend various bills on the House floor.

Attaching unrelated motions to bill is an act mastered by both sides of the aisle, so this move by the GOP isn’t the exception, it’s the rule. Like it or not, it’s how Government works (or doesn’t work) today.

I gotta admit – it’s fun to watch.

According to Drudge, FOXNEWS reports all charges may be dropped as early as tomorrow in Duke Lacrosse rape case. There are predictions of a dismissal in the coming days.

Contrary to earlier reports, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards will not suspend his campaign, and likely drop his bid altogether to care for even though his wife has had a recurrence of cancer.

No matter how much I disagree with this guy politically, he’s got his priorities straight. Family first.

Godspeed Elizabeth. 

MORE: Getting it wrong.

STILL MORE: From Time…

Edwards said nothing would change; his campaign would continue and Elizabeth would be by his side on the road. Elizabeth spoke about the importance of her husband’s campaign, how the country needs him to be president. Both said there was never a debate yesterday, as they were receiving the news about her condition, about whether he should drop out of the race. John said that when the two of them were alone, Elizabeth was concerned about everyone but herself—her children, her husband and her country, in that order, but not herself.

He clearly meant it to be inspiring, but there is also something discomfiting about that statement. Even more discomfiting was Edwards’ claim that by soldiering on while his wife has incurable cancer, he would be proving that he could deal with the pressures of being president. I wonder how voters will react to that sentiment.