I haven't flown out of the US in about 10 years, when I was living in Kuwait with my father. While there are places that I would love to visit now, I won't fly unless it's necessary. That means no intercontinental travel for me. I guess it's all well and good since Americans appear to be ill-received just about everywhere.
While you can't do much about airsickness, you need not worry about the other concerns!
1)Almost all flights are late or cancelled, so the chances of you missing your flight are significantly reduced.
2)You don't get peanuts or anything else, for that matter, anymore, unless you're prepared to pay for them.
3)You're already being watched by everyone else on the flight for having the wrong skin/hair color and for suspect behaviour.
Also, airlines are increasingly keen on making you pay for your checked baggage. ALL OF IT. I drive whenever I can, now.
In response to "b)", this man speaks the truth. Nine times out of ten, when someone calls me up and says, "My internet is broken.", I've learned to take that to mean "I fucked up my web browser." Your average computer user does not, in my experience, differentiate between an internet connection or the big blue "E" on their desktop.
I find this story fits, a little. I host an apache server for my family where they can upload pictures to share. I also made a page for my new nephew. When my sister came to visit, I showed her the server, telling her that's where the web pages she uses come from. She looked surprised and said "Oh, I thought they were on the Internet somewhere!"
Thanks. I had considered buying the books, but then wondered what, other than having a hard copy, would make it worth the buy if I can just look at them online. Bird are Weird!, here I come!
Yeah, I had some sound stuttering problems and freezing. I enabled hardware acceleration for sound in the in-game menu and the problems disappeared. Ubuntu 8.04/AMD64, here. Realtek onboard audio, but not sure which drivers it's using.
I'm a big fan of PA, and aside from the page hits, and occasional ad click, I really haven't had much of a chance to support them. I'm not big enough of a gamer to roll out wearing shirts with D20 or WoW references on them. I probably would have bought this game even if it were merely mediocre, but it's actually very entertaining. I just bought the full version, and won't be able to play it until I get home, but there were several laugh out loud moments in the demo, which is seems very promising to me.
I'm also very, very pleased with their decision to fully support Linux. There were a few hiccups to start off, but after changing some basic settings in the in-game menu the game ran smoothly. Their forums offer support for every OS and the HotHead staff, for the time being, seem to be on the ball with answering support questions. I give PA two thumbs up and three cheers for their efforts. I will definitely be purchasing the next installments, no questions asked.
Feeding troll. Your car analogy sucks. Yes, if I bought a car that does 400 mph I should damn well be able to drive it that fast. There are tracks around the country where you can pay to drive as fast as you like. So, yes, that governor on the car I paid my money for is keeping me from enjoying what I paid for.
That's nice. You paid $5 for a, what?....15 year old movie? Some people would rather not pay $30 for a movie that just came out, though.
ISPs are obligated to deliver on their promises. If I get a cable internet connection that says it delivers speeds of 30 Mb/s down and / 5 Mb/s up and has unlimited data transfer and no restrictions that's damn well what I expect to get. I don't care if my downloading every piece of free software via bittorrent I can get my hands on is affecting other customers. That's not my problem, it's the ISPs. They need to upgrade their network, not interfere with the service I paid for.
You have frightened me deeply, sir. I'm only 27 and I have a hair that grows ON my nose, nose hairs that get far too long AND earlobe hair. Luckily, I haven't noticed any internal ear-hair. I suppose I can take solace in the fact that balding does not appear on either side of the family.
Nowhere in his post does it say that it's "woefully inadequte" for just himself. As a matter of fact, the title of his post leads us to believe that he thinks 32 GB is sub-par as a product to be put on the market, and not just for his personal use.
And that's fine, because having a specific need that you want to meet isn't something anyone would have reason to take exception to. But, calling something that most users would find perfectly acceptable "woefully inadequate" is still an unfair description of a product. Yes, it's woefully inadequate for both your and his uses, but the OP makes it sound as if everyone should be offended by Apple's lack of 1 TB iPods, and that anything under 40 GB is practically useless to everyone. This is clearly not the case, at least in my sample, as everyone I know doesn't have over 16 GB and they're perfectly content.
I don't know about valid, but any sane person would say that's it's a lot less practical. The chances of your iPod being lost, stolen or otherwise rendered useless are probably a lot higher than that of your PC or laptop.
I know it's nice to have access to your entire music collection - anytime, anywhere. I just want to point out that I have an 8 gig iPod touch and go an entire week without hearing the same song twice. I have, on average, about 1.5 gigs free at a time. I just find it easier to maintain playlists and transfer them in and out as my music listening mood changes. I listen an average of 3-4 hours a day, depending on my ride. I take the subway to and from work (60 minutes) and walk the rest of the way (15-20 minutes).
At any rate, the point being made is that 32 gigs is hardly "woefully inadequate" by most people's standards on a portable music listening device. Now, if we want to argue the realm of video/file storage, then, maybe....but for music? Hardly.
Why should he delete the music from his computer? That's where it's being stored. Your analogy is a bad one. I think the point he's trying to make is that, for the average person, 32 gigs is more than enough. What need does anyone have to carry around that much music, if only to say, "My iPod's wang is bigger than your iPod's wang!"? Chances are if you have an iPod you have a laptop or access to a PC almost every day. Call having it all on your iPod a backup, if you like, but it's a helluva lot easier to steal or lose than your PC or laptop.
Except that breaks down when those elected are in the pocket of a corporation or some other interest group that cares not for your rights or whether a law is just and fair. Or when the elected official is using his position for his or her own gain, and, again, cares not for your rights or laws that are fair and just. You see, politicians do these things called 'lying' and 'pandering' to get their votes. Yes, I could vote for my candidate of choice, but what are the odds that he or she will behave as they said or simply bow to their masters will as soon as they take office?
You just described exactly what I've got and what I do with the connection. Boost is the best invest I've made in an internet service in a long, long time. Though, I just point my domains to my IP since it changes so rarely, and they aren't anything that need to be up 24/7. Not mission critical by far.
I live in Brooklyn, NY and my ISP (Cablevision) offers a 30/5 service that allows you to run your own server from home. Now, I'm not entirely sure if my IP is static. I never read anywhere that it was, so I assume I have a dynamic IP, but I know for a fact that my IP hasn't changed since January. I host 4 domains, among other things, from my own rig and the speed is impressive. Cablevision even has some online tools to help you host from home, though they're geared more towards beginners.
I got detention for altering my assigned desktop's startup.bat file to ask a series of obnoxious questions at boot asking the user if they would like to boot windows. Each answer would lead to yet another question and the questions just cycled through forever. Teacher didn't know about ctrl+c. He was cool about it, though. Never said anything when he'd see me playing games we weren't supposed to have access to. Ahhh...how I miss middle school.
To begin with my original comment was in response to the IT guy's hypothetical kid installing *anything*. He didn't stipulate whether or not it was a repeat infraction. I assumed, from his tone, that it was a first time infraction. Regardless:
Expulsion = No more school for you in this district *EVER*
Suspension = No more school for you for n days
Expelling a student for installing X program, even after n infractions is a very severe punishment usually reserved for the most severe infractions:
Bringing a weapon to school, beating up kids constantly (or teachers), selling drugs, etc.
Again, my point was that the guy I was responding to was being a little over-reactive in how he would treat an infraction of this nature, repeat or not.
The point I was trying to make is that expelling a child because he installed whatever on a school computer is a bit severe. Leave it to the Slashdot Horde to take it to the extreme.
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Welcome to the United States of PAAAARTAAAAY!
The 90's called and they want their sarcasm back
+ + error: infinite loop dedicted + +
+ + out of cheese error - redo from start + +
Apparently, no spotting at all. Word is the sun is tremendously worried and was seen at CVS in the pregnancy test section.
*WOOOOOOOOOSH*
I haven't flown out of the US in about 10 years, when I was living in Kuwait with my father. While there are places that I would love to visit now, I won't fly unless it's necessary. That means no intercontinental travel for me. I guess it's all well and good since Americans appear to be ill-received just about everywhere.
While you can't do much about airsickness, you need not worry about the other concerns!
1)Almost all flights are late or cancelled, so the chances of you missing your flight are significantly reduced.
2)You don't get peanuts or anything else, for that matter, anymore, unless you're prepared to pay for them.
3)You're already being watched by everyone else on the flight for having the wrong skin/hair color and for suspect behaviour.
Also, airlines are increasingly keen on making you pay for your checked baggage. ALL OF IT. I drive whenever I can, now.
All of these are covered by my patent on life, the universe and everything. i accept payment in gold dust. thank you.
In response to "b)", this man speaks the truth. Nine times out of ten, when someone calls me up and says, "My internet is broken.", I've learned to take that to mean "I fucked up my web browser." Your average computer user does not, in my experience, differentiate between an internet connection or the big blue "E" on their desktop.
I find this story fits, a little. I host an apache server for my family where they can upload pictures to share. I also made a page for my new nephew. When my sister came to visit, I showed her the server, telling her that's where the web pages she uses come from. She looked surprised and said "Oh, I thought they were on the Internet somewhere!"
Thanks. I had considered buying the books, but then wondered what, other than having a hard copy, would make it worth the buy if I can just look at them online. Bird are Weird!, here I come!
Yeah, I had some sound stuttering problems and freezing. I enabled hardware acceleration for sound in the in-game menu and the problems disappeared. Ubuntu 8.04/AMD64, here. Realtek onboard audio, but not sure which drivers it's using.
I'm a big fan of PA, and aside from the page hits, and occasional ad click, I really haven't had much of a chance to support them. I'm not big enough of a gamer to roll out wearing shirts with D20 or WoW references on them. I probably would have bought this game even if it were merely mediocre, but it's actually very entertaining. I just bought the full version, and won't be able to play it until I get home, but there were several laugh out loud moments in the demo, which is seems very promising to me.
I'm also very, very pleased with their decision to fully support Linux. There were a few hiccups to start off, but after changing some basic settings in the in-game menu the game ran smoothly. Their forums offer support for every OS and the HotHead staff, for the time being, seem to be on the ball with answering support questions. I give PA two thumbs up and three cheers for their efforts. I will definitely be purchasing the next installments, no questions asked.
But they gotta pay.
Feeding troll. Your car analogy sucks. Yes, if I bought a car that does 400 mph I should damn well be able to drive it that fast. There are tracks around the country where you can pay to drive as fast as you like. So, yes, that governor on the car I paid my money for is keeping me from enjoying what I paid for.
That's nice. You paid $5 for a, what?....15 year old movie? Some people would rather not pay $30 for a movie that just came out, though.
ISPs are obligated to deliver on their promises. If I get a cable internet connection that says it delivers speeds of 30 Mb/s down and / 5 Mb/s up and has unlimited data transfer and no restrictions that's damn well what I expect to get. I don't care if my downloading every piece of free software via bittorrent I can get my hands on is affecting other customers. That's not my problem, it's the ISPs. They need to upgrade their network, not interfere with the service I paid for.
You have frightened me deeply, sir. I'm only 27 and I have a hair that grows ON my nose, nose hairs that get far too long AND earlobe hair. Luckily, I haven't noticed any internal ear-hair. I suppose I can take solace in the fact that balding does not appear on either side of the family.
Nowhere in his post does it say that it's "woefully inadequte" for just himself. As a matter of fact, the title of his post leads us to believe that he thinks 32 GB is sub-par as a product to be put on the market, and not just for his personal use.
And that's fine, because having a specific need that you want to meet isn't something anyone would have reason to take exception to. But, calling something that most users would find perfectly acceptable "woefully inadequate" is still an unfair description of a product. Yes, it's woefully inadequate for both your and his uses, but the OP makes it sound as if everyone should be offended by Apple's lack of 1 TB iPods, and that anything under 40 GB is practically useless to everyone. This is clearly not the case, at least in my sample, as everyone I know doesn't have over 16 GB and they're perfectly content.
I don't know about valid, but any sane person would say that's it's a lot less practical. The chances of your iPod being lost, stolen or otherwise rendered useless are probably a lot higher than that of your PC or laptop.
I know it's nice to have access to your entire music collection - anytime, anywhere. I just want to point out that I have an 8 gig iPod touch and go an entire week without hearing the same song twice. I have, on average, about 1.5 gigs free at a time. I just find it easier to maintain playlists and transfer them in and out as my music listening mood changes. I listen an average of 3-4 hours a day, depending on my ride. I take the subway to and from work (60 minutes) and walk the rest of the way (15-20 minutes).
At any rate, the point being made is that 32 gigs is hardly "woefully inadequate" by most people's standards on a portable music listening device. Now, if we want to argue the realm of video/file storage, then, maybe....but for music? Hardly.
Why should he delete the music from his computer? That's where it's being stored. Your analogy is a bad one. I think the point he's trying to make is that, for the average person, 32 gigs is more than enough. What need does anyone have to carry around that much music, if only to say, "My iPod's wang is bigger than your iPod's wang!"? Chances are if you have an iPod you have a laptop or access to a PC almost every day. Call having it all on your iPod a backup, if you like, but it's a helluva lot easier to steal or lose than your PC or laptop.
Mod parent up, +1 - Ex-fucking-actly
Except that breaks down when those elected are in the pocket of a corporation or some other interest group that cares not for your rights or whether a law is just and fair. Or when the elected official is using his position for his or her own gain, and, again, cares not for your rights or laws that are fair and just. You see, politicians do these things called 'lying' and 'pandering' to get their votes. Yes, I could vote for my candidate of choice, but what are the odds that he or she will behave as they said or simply bow to their masters will as soon as they take office?
You just described exactly what I've got and what I do with the connection. Boost is the best invest I've made in an internet service in a long, long time. Though, I just point my domains to my IP since it changes so rarely, and they aren't anything that need to be up 24/7. Not mission critical by far.
I live in Brooklyn, NY and my ISP (Cablevision) offers a 30/5 service that allows you to run your own server from home. Now, I'm not entirely sure if my IP is static. I never read anywhere that it was, so I assume I have a dynamic IP, but I know for a fact that my IP hasn't changed since January. I host 4 domains, among other things, from my own rig and the speed is impressive. Cablevision even has some online tools to help you host from home, though they're geared more towards beginners.
I got detention for altering my assigned desktop's startup .bat file to ask a series of obnoxious questions at boot asking the user if they would like to boot windows. Each answer would lead to yet another question and the questions just cycled through forever. Teacher didn't know about ctrl+c. He was cool about it, though. Never said anything when he'd see me playing games we weren't supposed to have access to. Ahhh...how I miss middle school.
To begin with my original comment was in response to the IT guy's hypothetical kid installing *anything*. He didn't stipulate whether or not it was a repeat infraction. I assumed, from his tone, that it was a first time infraction. Regardless: Expulsion = No more school for you in this district *EVER* Suspension = No more school for you for n days Expelling a student for installing X program, even after n infractions is a very severe punishment usually reserved for the most severe infractions: Bringing a weapon to school, beating up kids constantly (or teachers), selling drugs, etc. Again, my point was that the guy I was responding to was being a little over-reactive in how he would treat an infraction of this nature, repeat or not.
The point I was trying to make is that expelling a child because he installed whatever on a school computer is a bit severe. Leave it to the Slashdot Horde to take it to the extreme.