If it is eternal or self created, why could the universe itself, which must be less complicated than any proposed creator, not also be eternal or self creating?
Why must it be less complicated than a creator? Can you prove that, or is it a belief you have about the nature of existence?
Whereas Second Lifers are likely to build a "polling place" inside the game, cast "votes" in there, then spend the rest of the night doing virtual high-fives about how someday that will be for real.
Yes, I suppose it's possible that if they design this differently than most manufacturers (including Toshiba) do their laptops, and if you configured it specifically to inconvenience yourself, your nightmare scenario could come true.
If, on the other hand, they do what they usually do, and you don't change the defaults, everything you said is alarmist bullcrap.
Toshiba configures their laptops (only thing I can go by, don't have one of these phones) so that you can also unlock them with a password; the fingerprint is just for convenience. I imagine they'll do the same with the phone, because a quick finger swipe is faster than typing in numbers.
As for the horror of discovering your phone is locked and you have to (GASP) SWIPE YOUR FINGER, how exactly is this worse than having to remember and type a code? If you don't like it, don't configure your phone to lock; it's not the default with any phone I've ever owned.
Dr. Crichton, a scientist and medical doctor who happens to write fiction, attacked bad science for scientific reasons. It's not his fault the bad science is done for political reasons.
How come upgrading a system on a thousand machines is so much worse than upgrading it on one machine? I mean, if it's the same system, then you simply distribute the update you have prepared on the one machine among the other ones.
A binary package from, say, RedHat has been regression tested on a bunch of machines, by people whose only job is testing RedHat packages against RedHat's releases. A binary package I prepare is regression tested on as many machines as I can manage to make available, by people who've got more to do than just regression test somebody else's stuff.
Objecting to national ID cards because somebody COULD MAYBE abuse them in some specific way is akin to objecting to hammers because the government COULD decide to bash your skull in with them.
I recommend a kevlar insert in your tinfoil hat if that concerns you.
And there comes it - once in 6 months a massive emerge -uDB world && emerge -uDk world && revdep-rebuild && perl-cleaner (better don't omit the latter two).
That's nice. On REAL production machines, a massive upgrade effort like that every six months is about 6 times too often; once every 3 years would be better. NEVER would be perfect, but nobody supports things forever; although 10 years isn't unrealistic for a real UNIX vendor.
Your solution doesn't scale to thousands of machines.
Fortunately it's possible to receive HD cable programming without one of their HD boxes... Oh, wait, you can't...
They probably have a surplus of the non-DVR HD boxes. They had HD for a long time before they got the DVRs, and a lot of folks returned the former to get the latter.
I've got two of their DVRs myself, and a non-DVR HD box. But I didn't wait until the last minute.
In the end, I think the choice is whether you want to help make the world greener, or you just plain don't give a rats.. most people don't give a rats ass, and so solar panel prices will stay up.
With the current technologies, it costs more energy to build those panels than you'll get out of them, so you aren't making the world greener, you're just showing off to people who like to think they are.
Who's to say that the administration that has been openly breaking the law for years hasn't just created another hidden illegal program and shifted their illegal activity to that?
They can't; they were replaced by the Bush administration in January of 2001.
That Karl Rove would be blamed for a term invented over a decade before his birth is not really that surprising, in a thread in which so many people are blaming George Bush for the education of a bunch of adults who probably didn't start kindergarten in 2001.
Nice job taking that out of context to make it look like it was commentary, not an example created for illustration. My wife and children will get a nice laugh out of that tonight.
$X = X hours is a money-losing proposition with US gamers. If you price it low enough that the hardcore gamers can afford to play, you make no money at all on the casual players, who are the majority of the market. Works fine for Korean and Japanese gamers buying time in chunks at gaming cafes, but John Q. American doesn't swing that way.
With a monthly fee, you make a lot of money on the casual gamers, break even on the more serious gamers, and lose a little on the really hardcore players, which overall is a money-making proposition because there are more casual players than truly hardcore players. The hardcore guys get you your word-of-mouth advertising.
What was I trying to accomplish with my comment? Keep somebody reading this who hasn't played MMORPGs from going into it with the mindset "I paid $15 a month when I was playing this game 21 hours a week in the beginning, but now I'm only playing it 7 hours a week, so I'm only getting $5 worth of value out of it a month, so it's a ripoff." The vast majority of comments on Slashdot and most other forums aren't really intended to convince the person to whom they're addressed; they're to convince the silent majority of lurkers who aren't contributing to the discussion, but are reading it and forming opinions.
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If it is eternal or self created, why could the universe itself, which must be less complicated than any proposed creator, not also be eternal or self creating?
Why must it be less complicated than a creator? Can you prove that, or is it a belief you have about the nature of existence?
universe != galaxy
Maybe if I post that the MPAA were caught red-handed drowning kittens and leaving the toilet seat up I can be modded "informative" too?
How can you equate "leaving the toilet seat up" with "drowning kittens"? My god, man, only a MONSTER would leave the toilet seat up!
Whereas Second Lifers are likely to build a "polling place" inside the game, cast "votes" in there, then spend the rest of the night doing virtual high-fives about how someday that will be for real.
Yes, I suppose it's possible that if they design this differently than most manufacturers (including Toshiba) do their laptops, and if you configured it specifically to inconvenience yourself, your nightmare scenario could come true.
If, on the other hand, they do what they usually do, and you don't change the defaults, everything you said is alarmist bullcrap.
Toshiba configures their laptops (only thing I can go by, don't have one of these phones) so that you can also unlock them with a password; the fingerprint is just for convenience. I imagine they'll do the same with the phone, because a quick finger swipe is faster than typing in numbers.
As for the horror of discovering your phone is locked and you have to (GASP) SWIPE YOUR FINGER, how exactly is this worse than having to remember and type a code? If you don't like it, don't configure your phone to lock; it's not the default with any phone I've ever owned.
Crichton attacked science for political reasons.
Dr. Crichton, a scientist and medical doctor who happens to write fiction, attacked bad science for scientific reasons. It's not his fault the bad science is done for political reasons.
Well, they should be able to make that target, since they've clearly put security on the back burner with Vista.
How come upgrading a system on a thousand machines is so much worse than upgrading it on one machine? I mean, if it's the same system, then you simply distribute the update you have prepared on the one machine among the other ones.
A binary package from, say, RedHat has been regression tested on a bunch of machines, by people whose only job is testing RedHat packages against RedHat's releases. A binary package I prepare is regression tested on as many machines as I can manage to make available, by people who've got more to do than just regression test somebody else's stuff.
"damn it".
Objecting to national ID cards because somebody COULD MAYBE abuse them in some specific way is akin to objecting to hammers because the government COULD decide to bash your skull in with them.
I recommend a kevlar insert in your tinfoil hat if that concerns you.
There will be another distinct layer when we shoot all the Greens.
And there comes it - once in 6 months a massive emerge -uDB world && emerge -uDk world && revdep-rebuild && perl-cleaner (better don't omit the latter two).
That's nice. On REAL production machines, a massive upgrade effort like that every six months is about 6 times too often; once every 3 years would be better. NEVER would be perfect, but nobody supports things forever; although 10 years isn't unrealistic for a real UNIX vendor.
Your solution doesn't scale to thousands of machines.
Clinton instituted the Extraordinary Rendition program. I guess you're in favor of that, then?
Fortunately it's possible to receive HD cable programming without one of their HD boxes ... Oh, wait, you can't...
They probably have a surplus of the non-DVR HD boxes. They had HD for a long time before they got the DVRs, and a lot of folks returned the former to get the latter.
I've got two of their DVRs myself, and a non-DVR HD box. But I didn't wait until the last minute.
In the end, I think the choice is whether you want to help make the world greener, or you just plain don't give a rats.. most people don't give a rats ass, and so solar panel prices will stay up.
With the current technologies, it costs more energy to build those panels than you'll get out of them, so you aren't making the world greener, you're just showing off to people who like to think they are.
However, new technologies are changing this.
Dear Sir:
I work in his former career. Your irresponsible advice will therefore cause him to sue me. Therefore, I am suing you.
Thanks,
syberghost
Who's to say that the administration that has been openly breaking the law for years hasn't just created another hidden illegal program and shifted their illegal activity to that?
They can't; they were replaced by the Bush administration in January of 2001.
Whereas most places use Cisco because ONE consultant told them to.
That Karl Rove would be blamed for a term invented over a decade before his birth is not really that surprising, in a thread in which so many people are blaming George Bush for the education of a bunch of adults who probably didn't start kindergarten in 2001.
You mean there are schools left that didn't do this 20 years ago? Huh.
Interesting wording, since it leaves out the fact that the last one turned out to be a hoax...
"Does this wheelchair make me look fat?"
FYI: eBay sounds close to russian word meaning "f*ck"
And that's a bad thing? I thought you were Russian, not Baptist.
Nice job taking that out of context to make it look like it was commentary, not an example created for illustration. My wife and children will get a nice laugh out of that tonight.
$X = X hours is a money-losing proposition with US gamers. If you price it low enough that the hardcore gamers can afford to play, you make no money at all on the casual players, who are the majority of the market. Works fine for Korean and Japanese gamers buying time in chunks at gaming cafes, but John Q. American doesn't swing that way.
With a monthly fee, you make a lot of money on the casual gamers, break even on the more serious gamers, and lose a little on the really hardcore players, which overall is a money-making proposition because there are more casual players than truly hardcore players. The hardcore guys get you your word-of-mouth advertising.
What was I trying to accomplish with my comment? Keep somebody reading this who hasn't played MMORPGs from going into it with the mindset "I paid $15 a month when I was playing this game 21 hours a week in the beginning, but now I'm only playing it 7 hours a week, so I'm only getting $5 worth of value out of it a month, so it's a ripoff." The vast majority of comments on Slashdot and most other forums aren't really intended to convince the person to whom they're addressed; they're to convince the silent majority of lurkers who aren't contributing to the discussion, but are reading it and forming opinions.