tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85716822563804745862024-03-22T09:07:34.299+08:00Pressure Release ValveInutile Rabble RouserHoovenson Hawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954568839126746651noreply@blogger.comBlogger923125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571682256380474586.post-71670681989763032682009-09-01T05:39:00.001+08:002009-09-01T05:39:54.321+08:00< blank >Hoovenson Hawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954568839126746651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571682256380474586.post-28623235931683716572009-08-03T06:18:00.000+08:002009-08-03T06:19:40.179+08:00How many humans are killed by bovines?Via Marginal Revolution.Hoovenson Hawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954568839126746651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571682256380474586.post-61042707265382091832009-08-03T06:14:00.003+08:002009-08-03T06:18:28.915+08:00Tourists in New York go to Apple Store?What is happening to this reality?Hoovenson Hawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954568839126746651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571682256380474586.post-75745728957752637542009-07-31T11:28:00.003+08:002009-07-31T11:36:20.761+08:00I have read a blog post... whose I cannot recall.I have read a blog post... that said "Take a look at those Macs out there and see what they are running on, chances are its windows...".The blogger is perhaps correct and I would like to point out, yet again, that Apple cares little about what OS is running on its Macs as it makes almost all its profits on hardware sales... unlike, say, Microsoft.Hoovenson Hawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954568839126746651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571682256380474586.post-83453716674745431942009-07-30T20:13:00.002+08:002009-07-30T20:15:10.687+08:00How shall I call this... stupid?Inane?Idiotic?Moronic?Hoovenson Hawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954568839126746651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571682256380474586.post-18552148808137324852009-07-30T06:35:00.003+08:002009-07-30T06:40:22.845+08:00Apple Gross Margins 58.4%Turley Muller informs us that Apple gross margin is, at an estimated, 58.4%'Dicilous. Utterly so.Consumer electronics firm are not supposed to possess such margins. What is Apple smoking? I want to smoke it too and, I suspect, just about everyone else.Via Apple 2.0 .Hoovenson Hawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954568839126746651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571682256380474586.post-14698246859717628822009-07-28T11:38:00.001+08:002009-07-28T11:41:23.529+08:00Is the People's Republic of China manufacturing internet statistics?Hoovenson Hawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954568839126746651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571682256380474586.post-59953404598541913522009-07-26T13:24:00.002+08:002009-07-26T13:35:41.989+08:00Consider Apple the Follower...Apple is one of personal computing pioneer, one of the last surviving, in fact, along with Microsoft.Commodore, Atari, Sinclair, Radio Shack...But Apple made for a poor pioneer as it let IBM PC and Microsoft dominate personal computing.On the other hand...Apple was considered to be late in entering the personal digital music player market but it has now dominated that market.Apple was considered Hoovenson Hawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954568839126746651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571682256380474586.post-10709614348438895742009-07-25T18:31:00.002+08:002009-07-26T17:28:44.083+08:00Jill and Kevin's Big DayAWESOME !Via Bynkii.Hoovenson Hawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954568839126746651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571682256380474586.post-11015424008080478012009-07-25T04:19:00.004+08:002009-07-25T05:12:04.496+08:00What is Palm thinking?Palm's Pre and webOS has come and received wide acclaim.Lauded for innovation and usability, even among fans of Apple.But why did Palm resort to underhanded subterfuge in syncing with Apple's iTunes? What manner of game does it want to play when it attempts to provoke Apple into a legal fight?Is Jon Rubenstein so enraged at Apple and Steve Jobs when his desires for Linux based iPhone was rejectedHoovenson Hawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954568839126746651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571682256380474586.post-62781666875291460352009-07-24T06:21:00.001+08:002009-07-26T17:29:15.982+08:00Hyperactive Table Tennis... of sortsVia Andrew Sullivan.Hoovenson Hawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954568839126746651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571682256380474586.post-28226453091666702112009-07-24T06:13:00.002+08:002009-07-24T06:21:33.844+08:00Jon Stewart... most trusted journalist in America.Real American journalist no longer exist and Americans have to turn to a comedian for in-depth analysis of current events.And, by the way, that survey slighted, by exclusion, Stephen Colbert.Hoovenson Hawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954568839126746651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571682256380474586.post-82595826620930439412009-07-22T20:34:00.004+08:002009-07-22T20:57:59.923+08:00Jimmy Carter: "Losing my religion for equality"Women and girls have been discriminated against for too long in a twisted interpretation of the word of God.- Jimmy CarterLosing my religion for equality.Remarkable.... truly remarkable.Hoovenson Hawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954568839126746651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571682256380474586.post-16408812760219214702009-07-22T05:55:00.002+08:002009-07-26T17:38:36.828+08:00Nirvana vs Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give Your Teen Spirit upHAHAHAHAHA...Via Andrew Sullivan.Hoovenson Hawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954568839126746651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571682256380474586.post-88725681238788909062009-07-21T06:09:00.003+08:002009-07-21T06:19:32.707+08:00Ireland declares blasphemy illegalBut why? Perhaps it is to protect the embattled Irish Catholic Church from further revelations of child molestation and other satanic acts.And what maybe next on the agenda for parliamentary approval? Cutting the tongue of those found guilty of blasphemy?I wonder if the Irish have been referring secretly to muslim sharia law?Read more at Spiked-Online.Via Slashdot.Hoovenson Hawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954568839126746651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571682256380474586.post-67453368329554161112009-07-21T01:01:00.003+08:002009-07-21T06:20:27.943+08:0030 years ago today, Mission Commander Neil Alden Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene 'Buzz' Aldrin, Jr made that one small step for man.But, as it turned out, mankind only made a small, puddling half-skip.Hoovenson Hawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954568839126746651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571682256380474586.post-62836767211071842332009-07-20T05:54:00.001+08:002009-07-20T05:56:42.005+08:00Science tattoosAt Discover Magazine.Via Andrew Sullivan.Hoovenson Hawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954568839126746651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571682256380474586.post-78440646853322085012009-07-19T18:40:00.003+08:002009-07-19T18:43:04.095+08:00A WHAT... ?!?!Presenting...Foie Gras Jelly DonutHoovenson Hawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954568839126746651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571682256380474586.post-24568151338973893072009-07-18T12:26:00.003+08:002009-07-18T19:30:51.588+08:00Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009)A Great Reporter.CBS tribute.Yesterday I passed up buying his memoir, I shall return to the book shop to rectify that mistake.UPDATE : July 18, 2009 - I have purchased his autobiography.Hoovenson Hawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954568839126746651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571682256380474586.post-78472187477357295972009-07-18T04:33:00.002+08:002009-07-18T04:36:54.352+08:00I have said: Apple's recent re-alignment of its notebook line saw the inclusion of a SD-card reader that is bootable.Now I am wondering if this is a presages the deletion of optical drives not only in notebooks but in all of their computers save, perhaps, the Mac Pro.Were this to happen in notebooks the benefit of all that space would accrue in a larger battery.PC World concurs.Hoovenson Hawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954568839126746651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571682256380474586.post-75956657458393721432009-07-17T01:01:00.001+08:002009-07-17T01:01:00.564+08:0030 years ago today, Apollo 11 begins its journey to the moon.Hoovenson Hawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954568839126746651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571682256380474586.post-79104342982361233432009-07-16T20:47:00.002+08:002009-07-16T20:58:01.588+08:00Nokia reports 66% drop in profit for 2Q 2009. Nokia reported a 96% drop operating income in 1Q 2009.So... does anyone recall what the pundits were saying what Apple is doing wrong with the iPhone?Anyone... ?Hoovenson Hawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954568839126746651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571682256380474586.post-47876810862780997992009-07-13T06:02:00.002+08:002009-07-13T06:05:15.767+08:00"Swine Flu Kills Obese People Disproportionally".I am so dead.More at Bloomberg.Hoovenson Hawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954568839126746651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571682256380474586.post-9883502173702847882009-07-11T06:48:00.005+08:002009-07-26T17:39:14.965+08:00You imbeciles!THIS is how you peel banana!It is ludicrous to think that monkeys know better.Via PZ Myers.Hoovenson Hawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954568839126746651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571682256380474586.post-89994807747530981182009-07-10T11:20:00.003+08:002009-07-10T11:30:47.366+08:00c ∆ Ω h µ Ø G B ∑ m...?Science symbols and their meanings... and then some.Via Popular Science.Hoovenson Hawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954568839126746651noreply@blogger.com