The world is made up of shades of grey. Cops need to start respecting the people and their rights again. The average person is not a (serious) criminal* so stop treating us as such. Police are supposed to serve the public. Demanding we respect you when you act like thugs is not a good approach. Some minority communities have enormous problems. Black communities seem to produce way too many criminals and they keep murdering each other. Ignoring these problems is not resolving them. It's possible we all need to get our shit together.
* Completely unrelated problem, nobody actually knows all the laws.
"Whatever you do, don't nod!"
If I remember right Ford told Arthur this just before they entered the VR history lesson on Deep Thought and the ultimate answer. It was inviting them to bow their heads in payment or some such...
If by "compelling reasons" you mean a strongly entrenched and well funded lobby of dealers who already own the politicians then yes, there are indeed compelling reasons. Did you ever wonder why dealerships are so often inherited? The story of how dealerships got their near monopoly status enforced by law is quite interesting.
Sure wish I could mod you up. First thing I thought when I read TFS was "Ok, so did they just make claims or did they back them up with verifiable evidence?". Well, that's about what I expected...
Says the AC. You were doing great until that last paragraph. You clearly have no clue what you're talking about and should probably educate yourself about the people / groups you are disparaging before you embarrass yourself by saying something like that in front of a rational person in real life. Just a friendly suggestion, I won't hold my breath.
They also hardly ever watch the movie till the end
When I fill up my car with gas, I'll either throw in a couple gallons (I'm on fumes and in a huge hurry) or fill it all the way up. Both of these are examples of me taking what I need before leaving the station. Under no circumstances will I attempt to take all the gas the station has or empty my bank account buying fuel. Once I've got my requisite amount of fuel, it's mission accomplished and I'm outta there. If you're into watching pron for the witty banter and special effects more power to you, but once I get what I came for pulling a casper* makes good sense to me.
I gave you your own words and an honest opinion. Are you really crying I'm "trolling" you with your own words or is it the idea of people with a differing opinion that disturbs you so?
...and calling anyone who calls you on it an ad hominem thrower.
The word you used was "idiot". I even gave you the definition of "ad hominem" to be sure you understood what I said. Piss off.
You just make a fundamental change in your argument. Initially, you said "And the root cause of people being scared of guns is guns killing so many people.". In that statement you are clearly intimating the "root cause" is "guns". Now you've said it's "people killing so many people with guns" so the cause is now "people". I'm glad you agree with my point now. Maybe next time I can teach you how ad hominem does not help you win an argument.
And the root cause of people being scared of guns is guns killing so many people.
"So if guns kill people, pencils misspell words, cars drive drunk and spoons make people fat" - I have no idea who wrote that but I think they have a point.
you and I and 99.9% of the world have zero insight into this.
So let's review what we know of the situation and make our decisions based on the facts available?
BB: It's our responsibility as a responsible company to let TLA's and LEO's in on our customer's data if they have a good reason.
Apple: Was publicly sued to compel cooperation in unlocking a phone.
As far as I can see we can't definitively say who is doing what, but which company would you say has a better chance of giving a shit about keeping customer data secure?
...which prevents us from making reasonable changes.
There is also a segment of the population for which the actions constituting "reasonable changes" can not be honestly applied to the phrase "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.". There is just not a lot of wiggle room in how that amendment is written.
The "secret" spy programs were only a secret to those who have not been paying a bit of attention...
We now have mainstream acceptance of things that were previously tinfoil-hat-only territory.
All he accomplished was to give Putin a propaganda victory...
The US revoked his visa. He happened to be in Russia at the time. There he stays.
OMG you just keep going on and on. Let's sum it up. The US was (is) violating its own laws and Snowden made that public. Rather than fixing the problems thus exposed, the US has chosen to try to persecute him for exposing gov't malfeasance. Lets not call this something other than what it is.
doesn't Google have millisecond backups... wondering if his lost data could be restored from one of those.
Almost certainly it could, but just try getting the support number to the engineer who could do it. For being such a high-tech company, their contact page is remarkably bereft of any way to, you know, actually contact someone who works there.
Yeah, you should demand your money back as well! That'll teach them to change the terms of service on a free offering. After giving you a chance to opt out of the reduction. I'm all for bagging on MS when they deserve it, but you're butthurt the gift horse has developed a cavity.
OneNote for whatever platform (free) + OneDrive (personal version is free) = free sync between devices. Your notebook lives on OneDrive and everything syncs to it. You know, kinda like Exchange.
If you use OneNote and sync your "notes" notebook on OneDrive, you can take a picture of your notes with Office Lens (free) and save it straight into your notebook. I've been surprised how well searching for text in a picture works with this method.
Somewhat OT but if your organize your notebook with year labeled tabs, month labeled pages and a subpage for each day your notes become really easy to browse through.
I really don't grasp why people think that Obama wants to pardon Snowden in any fashion.
Because it's the right thing to do and this is his best opportunity to do it with the fewest repercussions?
And the argument about pissing off the TLA's, maybe they cold follow the spirit (and letter) of the law in the first place!
They made their bed, they should be made to lie in it.
But... But... There was a backup! The files were on the laptop, and on the cloud (everything's safe and secure in the cloud, just ask a cloud services provider salesman), and on everyone else's computer that used that Dropbox account.
All snark aside, you wanna know what's really awesome? If just ONE computer that used that Dropbox account had good backups going, they could have restored the whole mess from there. Restore for only $500? They should have offered to take those scammers out to dinner as well.
Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty?
As I understand it, when they seize the money / valuables (yeah, they're not constrained to just cash) they then charge they money / stuff that was seized. While this leads to amusing case names (US vs. diamond ring and $35) it seems the items being sued generally have no rights at all and are terrible at representing themselves. If you can't prove you deserve to have them, they become no longer yours.
At the risk of everyone telling me how I'm doing it wrong, here's my list:
Camera, SMS app, Podcast app, calendar app, Reminders, flashlight, alarm/timer/stopwatch clock (all probably built in already)
Office Lens. Great doc. scanning utility to just get things done. Pairs wonderfully with
OneNote. I don't know if we're worshiping / hating MS ATM but I love OneNote. There. I said it.
Kindle. 'Cause it's awesome to never not have your book with you.
Map app (any). I can't navigate myself out of a shallow indentation in the ground.
Audio recorder app. Sometimes you just can't write it down. I last used it to record the lic. plate no. of a hit and run driver.
GoodReader (iOS). Sync your WIP and reference files locations from your laptop and you have your info. even in airplane mode.
Remote administration app (VNC / RD / ARD / whatever protocol). When you need into that server NOW, but you're on the freeway. Never sudo and drive!
Netflix. See Kindle above.
Clash Royale. Strangely I can enjoy losing at that game.
Slashdot Mirror
The world is made up of shades of grey.
Cops need to start respecting the people and their rights again. The average person is not a (serious) criminal* so stop treating us as such. Police are supposed to serve the public. Demanding we respect you when you act like thugs is not a good approach.
Some minority communities have enormous problems. Black communities seem to produce way too many criminals and they keep murdering each other. Ignoring these problems is not resolving them.
It's possible we all need to get our shit together.
* Completely unrelated problem, nobody actually knows all the laws.
Ethanol made from corn is good. It's what engines crave.
Stop looking at the big picture, it messes with the black and white that makes up the world.
what sort of monster uses Bittorrent on shared Wifi?!
You seem to be attributing wisdom and empathy to college students. Do you see the problem here?
"Whatever you do, don't nod!" If I remember right Ford told Arthur this just before they entered the VR history lesson on Deep Thought and the ultimate answer. It was inviting them to bow their heads in payment or some such...
This is the podcast that got me interested. Yes, NPR Planet Money (sounds really boring) but it's actually pretty good!
If by "compelling reasons" you mean a strongly entrenched and well funded lobby of dealers who already own the politicians then yes, there are indeed compelling reasons. Did you ever wonder why dealerships are so often inherited? The story of how dealerships got their near monopoly status enforced by law is quite interesting.
Sure wish I could mod you up. First thing I thought when I read TFS was "Ok, so did they just make claims or did they back them up with verifiable evidence?". Well, that's about what I expected...
Anti-SJW people are trolls
Says the AC.
You were doing great until that last paragraph. You clearly have no clue what you're talking about and should probably educate yourself about the people / groups you are disparaging before you embarrass yourself by saying something like that in front of a rational person in real life. Just a friendly suggestion, I won't hold my breath.
They also hardly ever watch the movie till the end
When I fill up my car with gas, I'll either throw in a couple gallons (I'm on fumes and in a huge hurry) or fill it all the way up. Both of these are examples of me taking what I need before leaving the station. Under no circumstances will I attempt to take all the gas the station has or empty my bank account buying fuel. Once I've got my requisite amount of fuel, it's mission accomplished and I'm outta there. If you're into watching pron for the witty banter and special effects more power to you, but once I get what I came for pulling a casper* makes good sense to me.
*YMMV if you try this in real life.
Though you look to be good at trolling...
I gave you your own words and an honest opinion. Are you really crying I'm "trolling" you with your own words or is it the idea of people with a differing opinion that disturbs you so?
...and calling anyone who calls you on it an ad hominem thrower.
The word you used was "idiot". I even gave you the definition of "ad hominem" to be sure you understood what I said. Piss off.
You just make a fundamental change in your argument.
Initially, you said "And the root cause of people being scared of guns is guns killing so many people.". In that statement you are clearly intimating the "root cause" is "guns".
Now you've said it's "people killing so many people with guns" so the cause is now "people".
I'm glad you agree with my point now. Maybe next time I can teach you how ad hominem does not help you win an argument.
And the root cause of people being scared of guns is guns killing so many people.
"So if guns kill people, pencils misspell words, cars drive drunk and spoons make people fat" - I have no idea who wrote that but I think they have a point.
you and I and 99.9% of the world have zero insight into this.
So let's review what we know of the situation and make our decisions based on the facts available?
BB: It's our responsibility as a responsible company to let TLA's and LEO's in on our customer's data if they have a good reason.
Apple: Was publicly sued to compel cooperation in unlocking a phone.
As far as I can see we can't definitively say who is doing what, but which company would you say has a better chance of giving a shit about keeping customer data secure?
...which prevents us from making reasonable changes.
There is also a segment of the population for which the actions constituting "reasonable changes" can not be honestly applied to the phrase "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.". There is just not a lot of wiggle room in how that amendment is written.
The "secret" spy programs were only a secret to those who have not been paying a bit of attention...
We now have mainstream acceptance of things that were previously tinfoil-hat-only territory.
All he accomplished was to give Putin a propaganda victory...
The US revoked his visa. He happened to be in Russia at the time. There he stays.
OMG you just keep going on and on. Let's sum it up.
The US was (is) violating its own laws and Snowden made that public.
Rather than fixing the problems thus exposed, the US has chosen to try to persecute him for exposing gov't malfeasance.
Lets not call this something other than what it is.
Ads are a great time to take a pee, get a new beer or soda, and chat with the SO.
This may come as a surprise, but streamed video can be paused! This has been an option for quite a while, and can be invoked at any time.
doesn't Google have millisecond backups... wondering if his lost data could be restored from one of those.
Almost certainly it could, but just try getting the support number to the engineer who could do it. For being such a high-tech company, their contact page is remarkably bereft of any way to, you know, actually contact someone who works there.
Yeah, you should demand your money back as well!
That'll teach them to change the terms of service on a free offering.
After giving you a chance to opt out of the reduction.
I'm all for bagging on MS when they deserve it, but you're butthurt the gift horse has developed a cavity.
Better than setting up a server at home and pretending nobody will hack it.
OneNote for whatever platform (free) + OneDrive (personal version is free) = free sync between devices. Your notebook lives on OneDrive and everything syncs to it. You know, kinda like Exchange.
...transcribe my notes to electronic format...
If you use OneNote and sync your "notes" notebook on OneDrive, you can take a picture of your notes with Office Lens (free) and save it straight into your notebook. I've been surprised how well searching for text in a picture works with this method.
Somewhat OT but if your organize your notebook with year labeled tabs, month labeled pages and a subpage for each day your notes become really easy to browse through.
I really don't grasp why people think that Obama wants to pardon Snowden in any fashion.
Because it's the right thing to do and this is his best opportunity to do it with the fewest repercussions?
And the argument about pissing off the TLA's, maybe they cold follow the spirit (and letter) of the law in the first place!
They made their bed, they should be made to lie in it.
But... But... There was a backup! The files were on the laptop, and on the cloud (everything's safe and secure in the cloud, just ask a cloud services provider salesman), and on everyone else's computer that used that Dropbox account.
All snark aside, you wanna know what's really awesome? If just ONE computer that used that Dropbox account had good backups going, they could have restored the whole mess from there. Restore for only $500? They should have offered to take those scammers out to dinner as well.
Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty?
As I understand it, when they seize the money / valuables (yeah, they're not constrained to just cash) they then charge they money / stuff that was seized. While this leads to amusing case names (US vs. diamond ring and $35) it seems the items being sued generally have no rights at all and are terrible at representing themselves. If you can't prove you deserve to have them, they become no longer yours.
what is it we need?
At the risk of everyone telling me how I'm doing it wrong, here's my list:
Camera, SMS app, Podcast app, calendar app, Reminders, flashlight, alarm/timer/stopwatch clock (all probably built in already)
Office Lens. Great doc. scanning utility to just get things done. Pairs wonderfully with
OneNote. I don't know if we're worshiping / hating MS ATM but I love OneNote. There. I said it.
Kindle. 'Cause it's awesome to never not have your book with you.
Map app (any). I can't navigate myself out of a shallow indentation in the ground.
Audio recorder app. Sometimes you just can't write it down. I last used it to record the lic. plate no. of a hit and run driver.
GoodReader (iOS). Sync your WIP and reference files locations from your laptop and you have your info. even in airplane mode.
Remote administration app (VNC / RD / ARD / whatever protocol). When you need into that server NOW, but you're on the freeway. Never sudo and drive!
Netflix. See Kindle above.
Clash Royale. Strangely I can enjoy losing at that game.