Isn't this a sort of redundant, since a technological advancement to create a device to see through skin cells would probably post date finding a way to replicate an actual human eye?
Well, that's the way it's worked for most people here on/. because peer review will always be better than a moderated forum.
Not that/. is perfect. It's communal shunning of MMOs, and video games in general, diminishes the title "News for nerds. Stuff that matters" in my opinion. But that's off topic, and a conversation for a different time.
To be on topic, and as it were "pertinent" to the subject, being a part of any community makes people want to be a productive part of society. Being in a guild, or being in an MMO is not enough. Reaching out, and talking with other players and gaining a reputation within the community; sharing you views and interacting with others, will always reflect better on you, making you a better person.
Yep. When you click that EULA, you download activex and run anything M$ deems acceptable automatically.
Once again, it's a matter of principal, not anything more. I'm still going with FF in my next install, but I do get where the EULA hate comes from. "Blah blah, slippery slope, blah blah".
What would an EULA really DO that is so life changing?
It's a matter of principal. Some people don't like to click a EULA because that means they confirm the software is not their's to tweak or change. Some people feel this way, even if they never intend to change or tweak the program. It's a question of absolute freedom vs. conditional freedom.
There is one other one too. I'm scraping my worthless memory for High School English class remnants, but all I can find is used bong water and empty beer cans.
It is with deepest regret that the Congo/Kenya/Nigeria has no oil reserves. If they did, perhaps G.W. Bush would intervene and stop the ethnic cleansing. Maybe they should invest in some WMD.
I do all those things, and more. But I'm a "computer guy". I do stuff like that for fun.
The people that this will appeal to aren't your average homeowner, or the extreme environmentalist but your DIY junkies trying to save the planet and assuage their SUV guilt.
why should you pay for a CD/DVD, which will eventually become obsolete This is why up-scaling DVD players are selling so well. VCR Tapes were around (and popular) for almost 20 years. DVD is still "New" for a lot of the less technically savvy crowd. Blue-ray still has a long way to go.
This is simply the way MS operates. Windows 7 will be due out next year, for the next 3 years.
It'll be right around the corner, or almost to Beta for at least 2 years, only to have the whole thing scrapped because it's too hard to program anything not NT based.
A site where you put in your name, age, and location, for the soul purpose of meeting people is unsecured?
What sort of fiend would pray on people who clearly state there name, address, age, and often occupation, hangouts, favorite things.
I mean really, how much security did you expect. There is no anonymity on Myspace or Flicker, so who the hell would be surprised when it gets hacked. There are probably a million people out there that hate Myspace (or flicker/other social sites) some of them must have the desire to program with malicious intent. It's a big fat whale carcase just waiting for the sharks to arrive.
I can say 2 things about Linux in general, and you had all better listen closely.
1.Linux is too hard for a casual user to learn to operate. Even a somewhat advanced user, such as myself, gets completely confused at times. You literally have to be an industry expert to use this on a daily basis. It's too complex, and not at all user friendly.
2. Apple will have a PC OS within 10 years, probably less. You'd have to be a retard not to see this coming. Cash in the coffers from the iPod/iPhone. Porting iTunes, and now safari to windows, for God's sake they use Intel processors on their native hardware now. Apple can only hold so much of the market only running on Macs. It's inevitable at this point.
If Linux is going to be commonplace on desktops, it needs to do something about it's GUI, and do it now, or face the same fate as BeOS, and so many other projects.
In my opinion, Creative is the only competitor Apple has for the iPod. The Zen series, and it's off chutes offer flexible, licence free, or licenced play. The only thing it lacks is videocasts of popular TV shows, and Zunes wireless "share" feature, which is overrated. Podcast compatibility would be nice too, Creative has it's own version, but it's pathetic compared to the iPod offerings.
...the U.S. is suffering from a lack of squirrel spy's. We must, as a nation, develop an equal squirrel spy system. If both the U.S. and the muslim world have squirrel spies, neither would deploy them for fear of equal retribution. We could create a stalemate, wherein we would only deploy tactical chipmunks, and keep our squirrels, and dare I say, 2 megaton raccoons, in reserve. The next step is obvious, a squirrel defence shield.
...and millions of rural Americans have no Internet, no computer, no high speed / cable connections, and no cell phone coverage. While I admit that Africa desperately needs help, so do your rural and poor neighbors. There are thousands of U.S. children that cant read, or write, have no heath care, and have never had a full and balanced meal. Before we solve the worlds problems, shouldn't we clean our own ass up first?
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18% of consumers can't tell the difference.
72% can.
Misleading facts and poor mathematics.
Isn't this a sort of redundant, since a technological advancement to create a device to see through skin cells would probably post date finding a way to replicate an actual human eye?
...but Pluto is a dog, and he can't speak. He also walks on all four paws.
I think Sheikh Muhammad Al-Munajid may want to look closer on how Goofy manged to acquire the power of speech. Clearly a case of Satanic intervention.
Does this mean I have no peers if I don't wear a tinfoil hat?
Are you insulting my tinfoil hat? How dare you good sir, how dare you. This hat protects me from the RIAA mind control beams.
Well, that's how it's worked for me.
Well, that's the way it's worked for most people here on /. because peer review will always be better than a moderated forum.
/. is perfect. It's communal shunning of MMOs, and video games in general, diminishes the title "News for nerds. Stuff that matters" in my opinion. But that's off topic, and a conversation for a different time.
Not that
To be on topic, and as it were "pertinent" to the subject, being a part of any community makes people want to be a productive part of society. Being in a guild, or being in an MMO is not enough. Reaching out, and talking with other players and gaining a reputation within the community; sharing you views and interacting with others, will always reflect better on you, making you a better person.
What does clicking magically make Firefox IE?
Yep. When you click that EULA, you download activex and run anything M$ deems acceptable automatically.
Once again, it's a matter of principal, not anything more. I'm still going with FF in my next install, but I do get where the EULA hate comes from. "Blah blah, slippery slope, blah blah".
What would an EULA really DO that is so life changing?
It's a matter of principal. Some people don't like to click a EULA because that means they confirm the software is not their's to tweak or change. Some people feel this way, even if they never intend to change or tweak the program. It's a question of absolute freedom vs. conditional freedom.
You forgot "Man vs. Unknown".
There is one other one too. I'm scraping my worthless memory for High School English class remnants, but all I can find is used bong water and empty beer cans.
I don't envy the mods today.
Child pornography is such a sensitive issue it can derail any topic. Even one as simple as "The right to encrypt".
It appears your "/sarcasm off" is about WMD.
Yes, yes it was about WMD. I see you have also taken English and can read and write, really amazing what they can teach a chimp to do now a days.
Nigeria has huge oil reserves and they are a major producer
I said Congo/Kenya/Nigeria, which all produce rare minerals, fossil fuel, or in Kenya's case exotic goods such as coffee.
Is it customary for your comments to be so ill informed?
Is it customary for you to troll /.?
It is with deepest regret that the Congo/Kenya/Nigeria has no oil reserves. If they did, perhaps G.W. Bush would intervene and stop the ethnic cleansing. Maybe they should invest in some WMD.
/sarcasm off
I do all those things, and more. But I'm a "computer guy". I do stuff like that for fun.
The people that this will appeal to aren't your average homeowner, or the extreme environmentalist but your DIY junkies trying to save the planet and assuage their SUV guilt.
This is simply the way MS operates. Windows 7 will be due out next year, for the next 3 years.
It'll be right around the corner, or almost to Beta for at least 2 years, only to have the whole thing scrapped because it's too hard to program anything not NT based.
Good point. However, try teaching a house cat to play fetch sometime. Or rollover, play dead, stay, sit on command, beg...
OTOH, if you could get CATS to do that, I'd be impressed.
OTOH if you could make a cat do anything, I'd be impressed.
Isn't this how Linux got Ubuntu? People don't like massive changes all at once.
You just described M. Night Shyamalan's entire career.
...and still no Macross movie.
It's like hollywood actualy looks for crapy old stuff, rather that purchase the rights to classic ground breaking stuff.
...but I digress, lets have yet another Fantastic Four movie, 2 isn't enough for Jessica Alba's boobies.
A site where you put in your name, age, and location, for the soul purpose of meeting people is unsecured?
What sort of fiend would pray on people who clearly state there name, address, age, and often occupation, hangouts, favorite things.
I mean really, how much security did you expect. There is no anonymity on Myspace or Flicker, so who the hell would be surprised when it gets hacked. There are probably a million people out there that hate Myspace (or flicker/other social sites) some of them must have the desire to program with malicious intent. It's a big fat whale carcase just waiting for the sharks to arrive.
I can say 2 things about Linux in general, and you had all better listen closely.
1.Linux is too hard for a casual user to learn to operate. Even a somewhat advanced user, such as myself, gets completely confused at times. You literally have to be an industry expert to use this on a daily basis. It's too complex, and not at all user friendly.
2. Apple will have a PC OS within 10 years, probably less. You'd have to be a retard not to see this coming. Cash in the coffers from the iPod/iPhone. Porting iTunes, and now safari to windows, for God's sake they use Intel processors on their native hardware now. Apple can only hold so much of the market only running on Macs. It's inevitable at this point.
If Linux is going to be commonplace on desktops, it needs to do something about it's GUI, and do it now, or face the same fate as BeOS, and so many other projects.
In my opinion, Creative is the only competitor Apple has for the iPod. The Zen series, and it's off chutes offer flexible, licence free, or licenced play. The only thing it lacks is videocasts of popular TV shows, and Zunes wireless "share" feature, which is overrated. Podcast compatibility would be nice too, Creative has it's own version, but it's pathetic compared to the iPod offerings.
Little known fact: Squirrels break when interrogated using waterboarding.
True Story!
...the U.S. is suffering from a lack of squirrel spy's. We must, as a nation, develop an equal squirrel spy system. If both the U.S. and the muslim world have squirrel spies, neither would deploy them for fear of equal retribution. We could create a stalemate, wherein we would only deploy tactical chipmunks, and keep our squirrels, and dare I say, 2 megaton raccoons, in reserve. The next step is obvious, a squirrel defence shield.
...and millions of rural Americans have no Internet, no computer, no high speed / cable connections, and no cell phone coverage. While I admit that Africa desperately needs help, so do your rural and poor neighbors. There are thousands of U.S. children that cant read, or write, have no heath care, and have never had a full and balanced meal. Before we solve the worlds problems, shouldn't we clean our own ass up first?