Hey - thanks for the response. Especially, thanks for being a dick about it. While you're at it, explain to me how I was to obtain drivers from the website when my network connection wasn't working. I look forward to your wisdom with great anticipation.
Actually, in the end I blame HP (the manufacturer of the box in question). Very few of the devices in the box were supported out-of-the-box. When I first tried the install, I ended up with bad video, no sound and no peripherals. The later install (with the wireless card) installed beautifully, I assume because it had access to Windows Update.
Not all Windows 7 installs are painless. When I installed mine, I found out the hard way just how dependent a Win7 installation is on a network connection. My network connection wasn't supported so the install failed miserably (seriously - I haven't seen a desktop like that since Windows 95). I eventually worked my way around it by installing a wireless card and connecting through it. Great fun.
When I saw that scene in the X-Men where the kid changes the channels by blinking, I decided I wanted to have that power. Now if they'd only devise a way I could get a beer using only my mind (I've tried The Force, but it doesn't seem to be working for me).
Actually, I'd argue the exact opposite. Accuracy in a clock goes beyond the instant it's first set. If it doesn't run accurately, no amount of precision in the universe will help it. And if it's accurate, it doesn't matter if it's counting centuries, years, days or nanoseconds.
For those who want examples: "I was born at 4:15 am EST in the year 1492" is a precise but inaccurate statement. "I was born some time in the sixties" is an accurate but imprecise statement.
I find this particularly hypocritical. Years ago, there was an out-of-state student who went on a killing spree at a Massachusetts school. The reason he was able to easily acquire the weapon and ammunition he used was because, since he was from out-of-state, Massachusetts gun laws did not apply to him. The gun laws of his home state (somewhere out west - I don't quite remember which state), which were considerably less stringent, applied to him instead.
Sorry, but do you think throwing in a reference to programming would earn you some points here? The shuttle program has been wildly successful. While many will be quick to point to the program's 2 best-known (and spectacular) failures, the shuttles have been producing regular and predictable results since the early eighties. I'd say that well over a hundred successful missions in under thirty years adds up to a pretty damn good idea.
Holy crap. Really? Do you actually think that someone would use a device to test for HIV without switching the needles? Or, for that matter, would use ANY medical device without switching the needles? We're talking about medical professionals here, not heroin addicts.
Wow. That was one seriously long-winded piece of racism. And a rather sad attempt to blame racism on its victims. You may think you have intellectualized your way to rationalizing your personal prejudices, but rest assured that those of us with brains (of any ethnicity) see right through your 'arguments'. I wish I could believe that this was some sort of elaborate April Fools' joke, so that it wouldn't make me want to puke. Unfortunately, I'm sure you actually believe that you stumbled upon some sort of racial 'wisdom' and you couldn't wait to share it with your 'inferiors'. Hitler would be proud.
Good lord, I hope this isn't an April Fool's joke. For years I've been waiting for Microsoft to take more control over my life. When the Great Decision Engine Bing first arrived on the scene, I hoped the glorious day had finally arrived, only to have my hopes dashed when I found that Bing will only 'suggest'. PLEASE, Microsoft, save me from myself!
"Why is the parent modded insightful?"
I know I'm going off-topic here, but I thought I should point this out: Slashdot's moderation system stipulates that individuals cannot assign mod points and comment in the same thread (for good and obvious reasons). What this means is that questions like the one quoted above will NEVER RECEIVE A MEANINGFUL ANSWER.
This whole study strikes me as being rather foolish. Did they change anyone's morals? No. They just slightly altered their responses, which shortly thereafter returned to baseline. I'm more inclined to think this had nothing at all to do with morals and everything to do with volunteers who were slightly confused because of the magnetic fields that had been run through their brains.
Smart employers don't give a crap whether their employees go to Facebook or MySpace or whatever, so long as the work gets done. Nitpicking over every minute is an idiot's response to an unproductive workplace.
I'm kind of torn by this whole China/Google/Microsoft thing. While I'm not a fan of the Chinese government, who are we to say what they should and shouldn't allow? Would we want a Chinese company to come into our country and tell our government what to do? While I've seen a great deal of discussion about human rights surrounding these stories, I've seen precious little about sovereignty.
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Hey - thanks for the response. Especially, thanks for being a dick about it. While you're at it, explain to me how I was to obtain drivers from the website when my network connection wasn't working. I look forward to your wisdom with great anticipation.
Actually, in the end I blame HP (the manufacturer of the box in question). Very few of the devices in the box were supported out-of-the-box. When I first tried the install, I ended up with bad video, no sound and no peripherals. The later install (with the wireless card) installed beautifully, I assume because it had access to Windows Update.
Not all Windows 7 installs are painless. When I installed mine, I found out the hard way just how dependent a Win7 installation is on a network connection. My network connection wasn't supported so the install failed miserably (seriously - I haven't seen a desktop like that since Windows 95). I eventually worked my way around it by installing a wireless card and connecting through it. Great fun.
"the question of whether more such small Wikis should be created" And the answer would be 'yes'.
When I saw that scene in the X-Men where the kid changes the channels by blinking, I decided I wanted to have that power. Now if they'd only devise a way I could get a beer using only my mind (I've tried The Force, but it doesn't seem to be working for me).
And is forming a gang. We could be in big trouble here.
So how come it's not being called CANE?
There's not really anything else to say about it.
Actually, I'd argue the exact opposite. Accuracy in a clock goes beyond the instant it's first set. If it doesn't run accurately, no amount of precision in the universe will help it. And if it's accurate, it doesn't matter if it's counting centuries, years, days or nanoseconds. For those who want examples: "I was born at 4:15 am EST in the year 1492" is a precise but inaccurate statement. "I was born some time in the sixties" is an accurate but imprecise statement.
I find this particularly hypocritical. Years ago, there was an out-of-state student who went on a killing spree at a Massachusetts school. The reason he was able to easily acquire the weapon and ammunition he used was because, since he was from out-of-state, Massachusetts gun laws did not apply to him. The gun laws of his home state (somewhere out west - I don't quite remember which state), which were considerably less stringent, applied to him instead.
Unless, of course, you were looking for a Protocol Chicken Droid.
I've got a bunch of unattractive poor people to look at!
Sorry, but do you think throwing in a reference to programming would earn you some points here? The shuttle program has been wildly successful. While many will be quick to point to the program's 2 best-known (and spectacular) failures, the shuttles have been producing regular and predictable results since the early eighties. I'd say that well over a hundred successful missions in under thirty years adds up to a pretty damn good idea.
Holy crap. Really? Do you actually think that someone would use a device to test for HIV without switching the needles? Or, for that matter, would use ANY medical device without switching the needles? We're talking about medical professionals here, not heroin addicts.
Wow. That was one seriously long-winded piece of racism. And a rather sad attempt to blame racism on its victims. You may think you have intellectualized your way to rationalizing your personal prejudices, but rest assured that those of us with brains (of any ethnicity) see right through your 'arguments'. I wish I could believe that this was some sort of elaborate April Fools' joke, so that it wouldn't make me want to puke. Unfortunately, I'm sure you actually believe that you stumbled upon some sort of racial 'wisdom' and you couldn't wait to share it with your 'inferiors'. Hitler would be proud.
Good lord, I hope this isn't an April Fool's joke. For years I've been waiting for Microsoft to take more control over my life. When the Great Decision Engine Bing first arrived on the scene, I hoped the glorious day had finally arrived, only to have my hopes dashed when I found that Bing will only 'suggest'. PLEASE, Microsoft, save me from myself!
"Why is the parent modded insightful?" I know I'm going off-topic here, but I thought I should point this out: Slashdot's moderation system stipulates that individuals cannot assign mod points and comment in the same thread (for good and obvious reasons). What this means is that questions like the one quoted above will NEVER RECEIVE A MEANINGFUL ANSWER.
This whole study strikes me as being rather foolish. Did they change anyone's morals? No. They just slightly altered their responses, which shortly thereafter returned to baseline. I'm more inclined to think this had nothing at all to do with morals and everything to do with volunteers who were slightly confused because of the magnetic fields that had been run through their brains.
My capabilities are far outstripped by my wife's demands.
Smart employers don't give a crap whether their employees go to Facebook or MySpace or whatever, so long as the work gets done. Nitpicking over every minute is an idiot's response to an unproductive workplace.
... the disturbance I felt in the Force earlier. I thought I just had gas.
Come on - is that all? There HAS to be a way I can spend 5 times that to play a video game.
Try to look at the bigger picture. The question could just as easily be: "Would you like to be Harrison Bergeron?"
You're confusing Wikipedia with politics.
I'm kind of torn by this whole China/Google/Microsoft thing. While I'm not a fan of the Chinese government, who are we to say what they should and shouldn't allow? Would we want a Chinese company to come into our country and tell our government what to do? While I've seen a great deal of discussion about human rights surrounding these stories, I've seen precious little about sovereignty.