You may have heard or read recently the the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a Washington D.C. law banning homeowners from owning a handgun. The video above shows a bit more information and clears up some bogus “statistics” regarding the myth that more guns = more violence.
Taken from Engadget: http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/01/22/htc-chimes-in-on-video-driver-controversy/
So there’s been a relatively weighty grassroots effort the past few weeks to convince HTC that there’s something horribly flawed with its Qualcomm MSM7xxx-based devices — essentially that video acceleration isn’t nearly as well off as it could be because the company isn’t taking advantage of the chipset’s ATI Imageon circuitry. HTC has weighed in on the hullabaloo today, and in short, the news isn’t good for anyone hoping to get a software update out of the deal: “HTC believes the overall value of its devices based on their combination of functionality and connectivity exceeds their ability to play or render high-resolution video. These devices do still provide a rich multimedia experience comparable to that of most smartphones and enable a variety of audio and video file formats,” reads the official response, in part. Furthermore, the company has officially confirmed that Imageon drivers are not in use on the affected devices, but that it “plans to include video acceleration hardware in future video-centric devices that will enable high-resolution video support.” To be totally fair, HTC never promised Imageon acceleration to begin with — but it’s a shame that we’ll apparently be looking at buying new hardware to get it.
Naturally I had to send an email to HTC:
I am very upset on your decision not to update drives on an the Kaiser. This device is obviously hindered due to the fact that that the drivers were not included. However, your decision to ignore your customers is the real problem here.
So, I will not be purchasing any more HTC devices. I will be telling everyone I can about the POOR support HTC provides the end user. I have already put this up on numerous websites, including my own http://www.corridor9.net, and plan on spreading the word in whatever way I can.
I am saddened by the decision of a company who cares more about profit than customers.
Welcome to HTCClassAction.org. This site is intended to spread awareness about the issues with recent HTC Smartphones and PocketPCs, and gather information for a possible class action lawsuit against HTC. That class action lawsuit will be a last resort though, hopefully we can raise awareness and publicity high enough to convince HTC to solve these issues without a lawsuit. It has however now been over six months since the first affected device was released, and as of yet, HTC has done nothing.
I simply couldn’t pass this one up. People who break the laws simply because they can hide behind a big corporation really peeve me! I used to buy a majority of my computer purchases from Tiger Direct online, but thanks to this article, you can bet those days are long gone. I’ll have to find another distributor to fulfill my hardware needs. So sorry TD, if you’d follow the rules, you wouldn’t be in this position.
I was visiting a Tigerdirect (Large Electronic Retail Store) in Naperville, IL today (8/23/07). All was going well until after I had paid for my merchandise and tried to leave.
In February Rep. Carolyn McCarthy introduced the Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2007 which attempts to regulate assault weapons. Unfortunately it appears that Rep. McCarthy didn’t know what she was even trying to regulate. Isn’t is just like lawmakers to propose legislation without even researching the subject. Seems to me that the terrorists aren’t following the laws we have in place now, so the only people this is going to effect are the law abiding citizens trying to arm themselves.
Think about this: What do you think would have happened had the colonial Americans not armed themselves?
The Supreme Court today upheld a law passed by Congress in 2003 and signed by President Bush banning partial-birth abortions. Quite honestly, any form of abortion should be banned in my opinion unless the procedure is done SOLELY to save the life of the mother. However, as we have to take these things one step at a time, the ruling by the Supreme Court gives the anti-abortion movement one of its biggest legal victories.
Doctors and others who challenged the law maintained that this procedure minimizes damage to the uterus and therefore is the best to use in late term pregnancy. Honestly, if you’re having an abortion simply because you decided motherhood wasn’t your thing, then your uterus should be damaged. Maybe this would cause people to think about motherhood a bit more before knocking the bottle back and hopping in bed with the guy at the end of the bar.
Oh…. and by the way. I will NOT be voting for Obama if he’s nominated for the office of President of the United States. He’s quoted as saying “I strongly disagree with today’s Supreme Court ruling, which dramatically departs from previous precedents safeguarding the health of pregnant women… I am extremely concerned that this ruling will embolden state legislatures to enact further measures to restrict a woman’s right to choose, and that the conservative Supreme Court justices will look for other opportunities to erode Roe v. Wade, which is established federal law and a matter of equal rights for women.“
Personally…. I hope state legislators take whatever measures they need to outlaw abortions. If I don’t have the right to go out and off someone, why does a woman have the right to off her own kid?
No, thats not exactly right either. Lets use the right word… “…why does a woman have the right to MURDER her own kid?”
It amazes me that if someone tries to injure themselves the law will lock them up in a mental institution, yet the same people won’t even bat an eye at organized murder. What is this world coming to?
More information can be found here: http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2007/04/supreme_court_f.html and here: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/18/us/18cnd-scotus.html?em&ex=1177041600&en=3427ebb38274c478&ei=5087%0A
Apparently, since I’m Caucasian it’s okay for me to call my brothers and sisters Whitey. But if an African-American calls me Whitey I should be offended?
You all know I love pushing the envelope here at Corridor9 so this should be nothing new for you, but if you haven’t seen the TV lately, you’re probably wondering what the heck I’m talking about.
It all stems from the backlash over a comment that Don Imus made last week during his TV/Radio show. Now, let me be perfectly clear here so you understand exactly where I stand…
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No, this post isn’t about the statements that were made by Don Imus as much as it’s about the statements made by others regarding the situation.
Steve Capus, NBC’s News President, recently said that “there was a tremendous amount of pain caused by these comments”. What about the songs sung by a majority of hip-hop rappers today? Is there a significant amount of pain caused by these songs currently being played on the radio? I don’t hear anyone telling Snoop that the lyrics he’s famous for are painful.
Danielle Smith, editor-in-chief for Vibe Magazine, says that rap lyrics are “Artistic expression” and should not be confused with the comments of Don Imus. Her exact words were, and I quote: “I think there is a difference in a black person saying something about another black person, than a white person saying something about a black person.”
What makes the n-bomb so blasé among black culture yet so exceptionally derogatory for others. Last I heard, calling a person of Hebrew descent a “jew” was still racist; is it any less so when a fellow Hebrew says it?
If it’s wrong for me, it’s wrong for you, and it’s wrong for our kids. Isn’t it time we stop regurgitating the double standard of our forefathers and start teaching our kids to live their dreams, instead of letting society teach them that their life is nothing but one big nightmare.
Unfortunately, as we see so often, big corporations can still force the little man to do what they want when they have the money. Here is a clear cut example:
As many of you know I’ve been using Gaim for quite some time now. Gaim is a multi client instant messenger. Basically it allows me to chat with people on Yahoo, AIM, ICQ, Jabber, MSN, and others all from one program instead of having to open a program for each network.
In the beginning the project was called GTK+ AOL Instant Messenger. Naturally AOL had a fit because their name was in the program name. So the developers changed the name to Gaim and AOL was satisfied for a while. When they trademarked AIM, they threw a fit again.
Well… it seems that their big money has finally forced the little man to do what they want yet again. Gaim will officially be known as Pidgin from here on out. This is a sad day for the open source community.
You can read more here: http://www.pidgin.im/index.php?id=177
