I would choose to consider myself a "Christian", if one were to apply a label to my religious beliefs.
The core tenent of Christianity is to (paraphrasing) "Love God above everything, love others as much as you love yourself."
Now I have serious problems with pretty much all organized Christian faith. They spend all their time telling you that you're going to burn in hell if you don't do this, or don't say that, or if you vote in favor of gay marriage, or eat red meat on Fridays during Lent, or use a condom or Pay us 10% of your wages or fail to wear your holy underwear at all times. You have the godhatesfags.com morons who obviously really fucking hate themselves if they're "loving others as much as you love yourself".
Its not my place to pass judgement on ANYONE. I live my life, believe what I believe, pass on my beliefs when appropriate, and try my best to be good natured. And I fail miserably at times:). I try to do good overall in the world, and help other people out when they need it. And quite frankly, I can do that without someone telling me the myriad of ways I'm going to go to hell.
But I agree..the Burn in Hell shit is nothing but FUD. These people who call themselves Christian and constantly tell you how you're going to burn in hell....well, assuming hell IS real, my personal opinion is they'll probably be there too.
Perhaps its the belief that all life is sacred and prescious that makes them want to hold on to life, regardless of their belief in the afterlife. If life matters...then you hold on to it....if its not, and existance ends at death....why prolong the enevitable (sp?)?
And yes, lets exclude the godhatesfags.com people and other such hate groups that hide behind religion to commit their hatred from the "all life is sacred" discussion.
Now THAT is absolute truth right there...if I had mod points, I'd mod you up.
I'm a SQL developer (yeah, the pansy-asses of the developer world - I admit it) - and often times my documentation is sorely behind. Of course, if I didn't have 50 projects all due within 10 minutes of the conception by the end user, I'd have time to document everything too.
That being said, I *still* do my damndest to document my code. Its not perfect, but its better than the renegade who does nothing ever.
I work as a DBA as well, and the moment the prototype produces reliable data, its immediately off to the next project. Only time I ever get to go back and tweak code is if some random variable that was not thought of was missed in the original design, or a bug, forces me back into the code.
I've got some code out there that I know beyond a shadow of a doubt is horribly inefficient...but I'm not given the time and opprotunity to correct that.
From the article: If, after a hearing, the parking ticket fine is reduced rather then dismissed, parkingticket.com retains half of the amount you saved and refunds the balance.
So you saved $5 off the parking ticket. Parking ticket retains $2.50 (1/2 the amount you saved) and refunds the rest ($12.50)
So your ticket has cost you $27.50, not $32.50
Granted, you're still paying $2.50 more than you have to if you went it alone. Hell, the ONLY time you can actually come out ahead is if you use their service for a ticket you KNOW will not be reduced or dismissed. Then you make $10 (but of course are out the full price of the ticket)
You have to dig pretty deep for this to actually be specified, but he was docked at Miami, before the ship ever left port.
The cock-up was that the ship had already turned on their satellite-based cell network, even though they shouldn't have, which resulted in the guy's phone connecting to the Ship's netwrok & being billed at international rates.
Jesus, can you fucking read? Not even the article, but the summary...
"to about 240 watt-hours from 210 watt-hours. The rover uses about 180 watt-hours per day for basic survival and communications, so this increase roughly doubles the amount of discretionary power for activities such as driving and using instruments."
180wh for survival. They were generating 210wh. Now they're getting 240wh.
210wh-180wg=30wh discretionary.
240wh-180wh=60wh new discretionary.
No wonder you're not a rocket scientist. Or if you are, you're one of those fucks who confused imperial and metric, aren't you?
I'm sorry, but you have this incorrect (at least, in my opinion)
Glider does not bypass warden. Glider is stealthy and is not detected by Warden. Warden still runs. Blizzard updates Warden to detect Glider and hauls out the banstick.
But either way, Glider is not a tool that "accesses elements of a copyrighted work". It is a tool which accesses elements of a copyrighted work that you, as the user/developer, have a legal license to access until such time that Blizzard revokes said license for violation of their terms of use.
In other words, Glider does not bypass protection mechanisms granting you the ability to access copyrighted work without a license. Glider breaks a civil contract, which upon discovery will cause the licensor (Blizzard) to revoke the license of the licensee (you). After that, you can no longer access elements of the copyrighted work.
In Soviet Canada (Manitoba), you can be criminally charged with "Refusing to Provide a Breath or Blood Sample to Police upon Request".
So your theory is just fucking brilliant for people here...aviod the DUI criminal record by getting a Failure to Provide criminal record.
As well, refusing a breathalyser will receive the same penalties as if you were convicted of impared driving (fines/prison/etc)
As well, your license will be suspended...and the suspensions are HIGHER for failing to provide than for the full impaired. (2yr/7yr/10yr/lifetime for failure to provide vs 1yr/5yr/10yr/lifetime for impaired)
Or Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Home of the "I dont care if there are only 2 lanes on this road...it can FIT 4 cars wide if I take off this guy's mirror" and "Who cares if the ambulance has his lights and sirens going? Fucker is only doing 140km/h. I'm going faster than that, so I'll cut the fucker off"
Dear god...I'm not American and even I understand it...
In the American political process, the Republicans and Democrats run through the process of the presidential primaries...at its core, it is an election to become the presidential candidate for the party.
Delegates are selected based on electoral results from state to state according to the rules of the Democratic or Republican party. They are pledged to an individual candidate.
Superdelegates are high-ranking members of the party, generally speaking they have served the party for many years, and are given a "free vote" to give to the presidential candidate of their choice at the convention. They are not bound to any candidate, or required to vote for a specific candidate based off of any electoral result...they are free to vote for whom they wish.
The only reason that the Democratic nomination has been such a gong-show is that neither Clinton nor Obama have enough delegates from the primary electoral process to win the presidential candidacy...they are having to rely on superdelegates to have enough support to secure the nomination (candidacy)...the article you are currently reading is discussing that Obama now has enough elected delegates & superdelegates that have said they will vote for him to secure the nomination. Clinton SHOULD concede the nomination, however in theory if she wants to be a supreme bitch about it she could carry this fight all the way to the Democratic Party convention, where the actual Presidential Nominee is formally selected.
I'm no Dell schill...all my home equipment is OEM parts from the local computer supply.
And I have no reason to doubt what you've said...you've had serious problems, and believe me, I fucking feel your pain...nothing worse than a server going to hell on you with a faulty controller card.
I'm only relating my personal experience with Dell & their tech support - I don't believe Dell marks the second coming of christ, or that Michael Dell somehow shits pure computing gold. Due to my lack of problems, and the generally lower pricing, I pretty much buy Dell exclusively @ work...but on the same note, if I had the problems you've described, I'd be off Dell in a heartbeat.
In my opinion, not only does Dell "meet" industry standards, but generally they go above and beyond. At least, that has been my experience.
I'm a sysadmin, and have worked with Dell and their systems for the last 10 years.
I find they generally have a lower failure rate than other manufacturers I have used in the past, and their tech support has been second to none. I call them up, I get someone in North America, I explain what the problem is and how I've reached my diagnostic conclusion, and I have the part and/or a service technician in my home or office the next business day. Every time.
The best I had was on the Optiplex 5xx line a couple of years ago...we discovered a failure in their motherboard design which would cause CPU fan faults, and eventually fry the CPU. The only symptom before it all went to shit was the CPU fan running signifigantly louder than usual. We had 25 units with the "defective" motherboard...and once the problem was diagnosed & repaired on the first failed unit, Dell sent a small army of techs (well, they sent 10) to replace the motherboards in the 24 other PC's, regardless of the fact that not one of them was showing symptoms of the flaw.
And for the record, I'll get the tech to do a full MB/CPU swap, but other than that I'd rather just have the part & replace it myself...but if I want a tech to swap a failed stick of RAM or HDD they'd send the tech...I just find its a waste of effort on their part to send someone to do a job I can do in 30 seconds myself.
I was at a concert recently where they were recording for future commercial purposes.
As well as there being a clause on the back of the ticket (enforceable or not) there were signs at the enterence stating "Tonights performance is being recorded for the future production of a live DVD. By entering this arena, you grant license to to use your image, likeness, blah blah blah. If you do not consent to these terms, please see X person at Y gate for a full refund of your ticket."
If this works, imagine being able to generate electricity not just from nuclear power plants themselves, but from the nuclear waste storage facility?
I would think, assuming of course this proved as pratical in pratice vs theory, that this could dramatically reduce our dependance on fossil fuels. Assuming of course you could use the "pure" radiation of the waste into electricity.
I'm not a MS or Apple basher, but this article is pure FUD, again.
The main reason - this only deals with known vulnerabilities and the time it takes to patch. Nowhere is discussed vulnerabilities that either vendor knows exists, but releases no information and no patch to fix it.
I'm all for trying to analyze the differences between vendors, but studies like this are just shit.
I was an IT pleeb for about 10 years...and then got promoted to "IT Manager"
I'm doing the same shit I've always done, with more money for sure, but more morons breathing down my neck for "results" at a company that seems to pride itself on "doing things as it has always been done" and "meeting about new ideas and getting excited about them while doing nothing to achieve the ideas from the meeting", and I can't forget the "Expecting 24/7 IT service in an industry that SHOULD shut down at 5pm, without compensation". Oh, and "Not approving the budget for Technology xxx when Technology xxx is required to implement idea yyy that you've demanded we implement"
Honestly, I was a fuck of alot happier just going in, doing my thing, and letting someone else take the fall for "fucking up" when they had no chance or support to succeed.
My only hope now is to survive 3 or 4 years in this pseudo-management role & move again to a company that actually strives to excel - hopefully the experience in generating & following budgets, managing other IT-people & the continued hands-on techie stuff will get me the better position when I go after it.
We could only dream this would happen.
Thank god someone in the industry is realizing that this go for the throat, fuck the consumer attitude of the RIAA is just driving business away.
Technically, the Prime Minister is normally the leader of the political party holding the greatest number of seats in the House. However, at least on a technical level, even this isn't required...the Prime Minister is legally appointed by the Governor General on behalf of the Queen, and legally can pretty much appoint anyone to the post. While this power has never been historacally abused, the Governor General does have the technical legal right.
As well, although tradition mandates that the Prime Minister holds a seat in the House, there is no legal basis for this to be a requirement. 2 Senators have been appointed Prime Minister in Canada's history, and one PM actually ruled from the hallways after being defeated in a general election until winning a by-election (William Lyon Mackenzie King for you trivia buffs out there).
Similar to my letter...except I went straight to Harper...
Mr. Harper,
I must state my extreme outrage at the upcoming Copyright Reform Bill as outlined in an article in The Globe and Mail from Tuesday November 27, 2007 (Online Edition). From the article:
"And the buzz is that the new law will basically be a copy of the controversial U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)."
Mr. Harper, the DMCA is a deeply flawed piece of legislation in the United States, and is nothing more than Government bowing to the pressures of Big Business over the freedoms of ordinary citizens. Canadians enjoy many freedoms today with our current copyright laws, including Fair Use, Device Shifting, Time Shifting and parodying copyrighted materials. While I admit that today's technology is causing issues with copyright abuse, the solution is not removing personal freedoms that Canadians enjoy.
I in no way, shape or form advocate anyone stealing music, movies, software or any other creative or informational work. However, I cannot condone or support a government which would abandon the very nature of Fair Use. Without proper fair use clauses in place, my quote of the Globe and Mail article above would be considered illegal copyright infringement. This Mr. Harper is unacceptable.
I consider even the possibility of Canadian copyright law reflecting the DMCA as a direct slap in the face to ALL Canadians, and I strongly urge your government to scrap any proposed legislation which would mirror the DMCA and come up with a Canadian solution which protects both the copyright holders and the freedoms of Canadians in using creative works fairly. This is an issue I feel extremely strong about, to the point that should your government pass a mirror bill to the U.S. DMCA, I will immediately do everything in my personal power to see the Conservative Government fall. This proposed bill is simply not acceptable to me as a Canadian.
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(And yes, for the record, I complete acknolege the hypocracy of the above post...passing judgement on people who pass judgement. Sue me)
Oh believe me, I agree with you 100%
I would choose to consider myself a "Christian", if one were to apply a label to my religious beliefs.
The core tenent of Christianity is to (paraphrasing) "Love God above everything, love others as much as you love yourself."
Now I have serious problems with pretty much all organized Christian faith. They spend all their time telling you that you're going to burn in hell if you don't do this, or don't say that, or if you vote in favor of gay marriage, or eat red meat on Fridays during Lent, or use a condom or Pay us 10% of your wages or fail to wear your holy underwear at all times. You have the godhatesfags.com morons who obviously really fucking hate themselves if they're "loving others as much as you love yourself".
Its not my place to pass judgement on ANYONE. I live my life, believe what I believe, pass on my beliefs when appropriate, and try my best to be good natured. And I fail miserably at times :). I try to do good overall in the world, and help other people out when they need it. And quite frankly, I can do that without someone telling me the myriad of ways I'm going to go to hell.
But I agree..the Burn in Hell shit is nothing but FUD. These people who call themselves Christian and constantly tell you how you're going to burn in hell....well, assuming hell IS real, my personal opinion is they'll probably be there too.
Perhaps its the belief that all life is sacred and prescious that makes them want to hold on to life, regardless of their belief in the afterlife. If life matters...then you hold on to it....if its not, and existance ends at death....why prolong the enevitable (sp?)?
And yes, lets exclude the godhatesfags.com people and other such hate groups that hide behind religion to commit their hatred from the "all life is sacred" discussion.
Now THAT is absolute truth right there...if I had mod points, I'd mod you up.
I'm a SQL developer (yeah, the pansy-asses of the developer world - I admit it) - and often times my documentation is sorely behind. Of course, if I didn't have 50 projects all due within 10 minutes of the conception by the end user, I'd have time to document everything too.
That being said, I *still* do my damndest to document my code. Its not perfect, but its better than the renegade who does nothing ever.
Agreed COMPLETELY.
I work as a DBA as well, and the moment the prototype produces reliable data, its immediately off to the next project. Only time I ever get to go back and tweak code is if some random variable that was not thought of was missed in the original design, or a bug, forces me back into the code.
I've got some code out there that I know beyond a shadow of a doubt is horribly inefficient...but I'm not given the time and opprotunity to correct that.
I believe your math is incorrect.
$30 Parking Ticket
You deposit $15
The ticket is reduced to $25
From the article: If, after a hearing, the parking ticket fine is reduced rather then dismissed, parkingticket.com retains half of the amount you saved and refunds the balance.
So you saved $5 off the parking ticket. Parking ticket retains $2.50 (1/2 the amount you saved) and refunds the rest ($12.50)
So your ticket has cost you $27.50, not $32.50
Granted, you're still paying $2.50 more than you have to if you went it alone. Hell, the ONLY time you can actually come out ahead is if you use their service for a ticket you KNOW will not be reduced or dismissed. Then you make $10 (but of course are out the full price of the ticket)
You have to dig pretty deep for this to actually be specified, but he was docked at Miami, before the ship ever left port.
The cock-up was that the ship had already turned on their satellite-based cell network, even though they shouldn't have, which resulted in the guy's phone connecting to the Ship's netwrok & being billed at international rates.
Jesus, can you fucking read? Not even the article, but the summary...
"to about 240 watt-hours from 210 watt-hours. The rover uses about 180 watt-hours per day for basic survival and communications, so this increase roughly doubles the amount of discretionary power for activities such as driving and using instruments."
180wh for survival. They were generating 210wh. Now they're getting 240wh.
210wh-180wg=30wh discretionary.
240wh-180wh=60wh new discretionary.
No wonder you're not a rocket scientist. Or if you are, you're one of those fucks who confused imperial and metric, aren't you?
I'm sorry, but you have this incorrect (at least, in my opinion)
Glider does not bypass warden. Glider is stealthy and is not detected by Warden. Warden still runs. Blizzard updates Warden to detect Glider and hauls out the banstick.
But either way, Glider is not a tool that "accesses elements of a copyrighted work". It is a tool which accesses elements of a copyrighted work that you, as the user/developer, have a legal license to access until such time that Blizzard revokes said license for violation of their terms of use.
In other words, Glider does not bypass protection mechanisms granting you the ability to access copyrighted work without a license. Glider breaks a civil contract, which upon discovery will cause the licensor (Blizzard) to revoke the license of the licensee (you). After that, you can no longer access elements of the copyrighted work.
In Soviet Canada (Manitoba), you can be criminally charged with "Refusing to Provide a Breath or Blood Sample to Police upon Request".
So your theory is just fucking brilliant for people here...aviod the DUI criminal record by getting a Failure to Provide criminal record.
As well, refusing a breathalyser will receive the same penalties as if you were convicted of impared driving (fines/prison/etc)
As well, your license will be suspended...and the suspensions are HIGHER for failing to provide than for the full impaired. (2yr/7yr/10yr/lifetime for failure to provide vs 1yr/5yr/10yr/lifetime for impaired)
Or Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Home of the "I dont care if there are only 2 lanes on this road...it can FIT 4 cars wide if I take off this guy's mirror" and "Who cares if the ambulance has his lights and sirens going? Fucker is only doing 140km/h. I'm going faster than that, so I'll cut the fucker off"
I'm sorry to sound like an asshole, and I'm not trying to troll...
TSA != DHS
TSA just makes sure your shit is fine for on the plane. DHS/Customs are the boys that will seize your shit if they feel they must.
Dear god...I'm not American and even I understand it... In the American political process, the Republicans and Democrats run through the process of the presidential primaries...at its core, it is an election to become the presidential candidate for the party. Delegates are selected based on electoral results from state to state according to the rules of the Democratic or Republican party. They are pledged to an individual candidate. Superdelegates are high-ranking members of the party, generally speaking they have served the party for many years, and are given a "free vote" to give to the presidential candidate of their choice at the convention. They are not bound to any candidate, or required to vote for a specific candidate based off of any electoral result...they are free to vote for whom they wish. The only reason that the Democratic nomination has been such a gong-show is that neither Clinton nor Obama have enough delegates from the primary electoral process to win the presidential candidacy...they are having to rely on superdelegates to have enough support to secure the nomination (candidacy)...the article you are currently reading is discussing that Obama now has enough elected delegates & superdelegates that have said they will vote for him to secure the nomination. Clinton SHOULD concede the nomination, however in theory if she wants to be a supreme bitch about it she could carry this fight all the way to the Democratic Party convention, where the actual Presidential Nominee is formally selected.
I'm no Dell schill...all my home equipment is OEM parts from the local computer supply. And I have no reason to doubt what you've said...you've had serious problems, and believe me, I fucking feel your pain...nothing worse than a server going to hell on you with a faulty controller card. I'm only relating my personal experience with Dell & their tech support - I don't believe Dell marks the second coming of christ, or that Michael Dell somehow shits pure computing gold. Due to my lack of problems, and the generally lower pricing, I pretty much buy Dell exclusively @ work...but on the same note, if I had the problems you've described, I'd be off Dell in a heartbeat.
In my opinion, not only does Dell "meet" industry standards, but generally they go above and beyond. At least, that has been my experience.
I'm a sysadmin, and have worked with Dell and their systems for the last 10 years.
I find they generally have a lower failure rate than other manufacturers I have used in the past, and their tech support has been second to none. I call them up, I get someone in North America, I explain what the problem is and how I've reached my diagnostic conclusion, and I have the part and/or a service technician in my home or office the next business day. Every time.
The best I had was on the Optiplex 5xx line a couple of years ago...we discovered a failure in their motherboard design which would cause CPU fan faults, and eventually fry the CPU. The only symptom before it all went to shit was the CPU fan running signifigantly louder than usual. We had 25 units with the "defective" motherboard...and once the problem was diagnosed & repaired on the first failed unit, Dell sent a small army of techs (well, they sent 10) to replace the motherboards in the 24 other PC's, regardless of the fact that not one of them was showing symptoms of the flaw.
And for the record, I'll get the tech to do a full MB/CPU swap, but other than that I'd rather just have the part & replace it myself...but if I want a tech to swap a failed stick of RAM or HDD they'd send the tech...I just find its a waste of effort on their part to send someone to do a job I can do in 30 seconds myself.
I was at a concert recently where they were recording for future commercial purposes.
:)
As well as there being a clause on the back of the ticket (enforceable or not) there were signs at the enterence stating "Tonights performance is being recorded for the future production of a live DVD. By entering this arena, you grant license to to use your image, likeness, blah blah blah. If you do not consent to these terms, please see X person at Y gate for a full refund of your ticket."
Seemed pretty clear-cut to me, and yes I went
If this works, imagine being able to generate electricity not just from nuclear power plants themselves, but from the nuclear waste storage facility?
I would think, assuming of course this proved as pratical in pratice vs theory, that this could dramatically reduce our dependance on fossil fuels. Assuming of course you could use the "pure" radiation of the waste into electricity.
I'm not a MS or Apple basher, but this article is pure FUD, again.
The main reason - this only deals with known vulnerabilities and the time it takes to patch. Nowhere is discussed vulnerabilities that either vendor knows exists, but releases no information and no patch to fix it.
I'm all for trying to analyze the differences between vendors, but studies like this are just shit.
Depends on the compnay too...
I was an IT pleeb for about 10 years...and then got promoted to "IT Manager"
I'm doing the same shit I've always done, with more money for sure, but more morons breathing down my neck for "results" at a company that seems to pride itself on "doing things as it has always been done" and "meeting about new ideas and getting excited about them while doing nothing to achieve the ideas from the meeting", and I can't forget the "Expecting 24/7 IT service in an industry that SHOULD shut down at 5pm, without compensation". Oh, and "Not approving the budget for Technology xxx when Technology xxx is required to implement idea yyy that you've demanded we implement"
Honestly, I was a fuck of alot happier just going in, doing my thing, and letting someone else take the fall for "fucking up" when they had no chance or support to succeed.
My only hope now is to survive 3 or 4 years in this pseudo-management role & move again to a company that actually strives to excel - hopefully the experience in generating & following budgets, managing other IT-people & the continued hands-on techie stuff will get me the better position when I go after it.
We could only dream this would happen. Thank god someone in the industry is realizing that this go for the throat, fuck the consumer attitude of the RIAA is just driving business away.
Actually, you are incorrect on this statement.
Technically, the Prime Minister is normally the leader of the political party holding the greatest number of seats in the House. However, at least on a technical level, even this isn't required...the Prime Minister is legally appointed by the Governor General on behalf of the Queen, and legally can pretty much appoint anyone to the post. While this power has never been historacally abused, the Governor General does have the technical legal right.
As well, although tradition mandates that the Prime Minister holds a seat in the House, there is no legal basis for this to be a requirement. 2 Senators have been appointed Prime Minister in Canada's history, and one PM actually ruled from the hallways after being defeated in a general election until winning a by-election (William Lyon Mackenzie King for you trivia buffs out there).
Similar to my letter...except I went straight to Harper... Mr. Harper, I must state my extreme outrage at the upcoming Copyright Reform Bill as outlined in an article in The Globe and Mail from Tuesday November 27, 2007 (Online Edition). From the article: "And the buzz is that the new law will basically be a copy of the controversial U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)." Mr. Harper, the DMCA is a deeply flawed piece of legislation in the United States, and is nothing more than Government bowing to the pressures of Big Business over the freedoms of ordinary citizens. Canadians enjoy many freedoms today with our current copyright laws, including Fair Use, Device Shifting, Time Shifting and parodying copyrighted materials. While I admit that today's technology is causing issues with copyright abuse, the solution is not removing personal freedoms that Canadians enjoy. I in no way, shape or form advocate anyone stealing music, movies, software or any other creative or informational work. However, I cannot condone or support a government which would abandon the very nature of Fair Use. Without proper fair use clauses in place, my quote of the Globe and Mail article above would be considered illegal copyright infringement. This Mr. Harper is unacceptable. I consider even the possibility of Canadian copyright law reflecting the DMCA as a direct slap in the face to ALL Canadians, and I strongly urge your government to scrap any proposed legislation which would mirror the DMCA and come up with a Canadian solution which protects both the copyright holders and the freedoms of Canadians in using creative works fairly. This is an issue I feel extremely strong about, to the point that should your government pass a mirror bill to the U.S. DMCA, I will immediately do everything in my personal power to see the Conservative Government fall. This proposed bill is simply not acceptable to me as a Canadian.
I never said that the "kind of people that flock....give two shits about privacy"
But that doesn't mean that these same people don't deserve privacy if they want it.
I'm sure that 99.9% of the Facebook population won't turn Beacon off. But at least they have the ability now.
Of course, they really should just kill the application alltogether, but at least its a step
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