This happened in my High School as well. Lowell High in Massachusetts. I can remember being forced to take these "anonymous" surveys and within a week I was in a meeting with the Headmaster, and my mom. (would have been about 1995 if I remember correctly)
In My Experience Verizon will not offer any deals other than a free month or 2. I had them for 2 years @14.99 a month for their 768K DSL, and it seemed like they really didn't care that I was leaving for a competitor (comcast). Then I realized they still charged me every month even after I cancelled for 3 months. I got to a point where I threatened to cancel my land line if they didn't stop charging me for the DSL I no longer wanted or needed. In short I doubt they'll offer any kind of deals. but then again, wtf do I know.
It was certainly a step up from 23.99/mo for dial up, but I could never go back to anything less than cable now. Even at $10, (and really $10 a month) I wouldn't want DSL, too many problems with my service over those 2 years.
after coming back from vacation, how long did it take to "readjust" to your normal routine. That would determine (at least for me) how dependent I am on the gadgets that seemingly run my life.
My local library only loans out dupes. Any cd/dvd/book on cd etc... they are all copies of the original. They also allow for downloads of all their books on cd. You just sign up and download the content for free. They are DRM'd though, and only last 14 days from when they were originally downloaded. But you can copy them to cd and they never expire, the time limit only works for the PC.
What commercial software that is released these days doesn't qualify as "beta". My mother ran a "beta" version of XP right up until MS finally released a "moderately" stable version. (SP2 if you were wondering). And not just MS, although they are probably the worst. My all time favorite video game series, Elder Scrolls. You can not tell me that DaggerFall, and Morrowind were actually ready for release until months after their initial release. Same goes for Oblivion, that still has more bugs than the majority of other games I play combined. Do they put out an excellent product, YES. Do they charge you $50 to beta test it if you purchase it within the first 12 months. YES.
Nothing new here, I didn't even think new software had the RC stage anymore. Get it out of alpha, and onto the shelves, we can fix it after it starts to make a profit...
you know what, you're right. I had forgotten that you certain accounts could not be set to lost status. If the token was unavailable you simply could not get in.
That forgetfulness has a legitimate function in the mind should come as no surprise to anyone who understands that all brains are finite organs with limited capacity. When there is not enough room to store a set of memories, some of them need to be pushed out. So if we do have this finite capacity for knowledge, what happens to those memories. They cannot simply disappear, can they? example. Last weekend... or was it the weekend before, I don't remember. (hehe) I caught up with an old friend from high school. I haven't seen him in almost 11 years. Just by being with him and having a few drinks talking etc... I remembered very specific incidents. Things that happened in biology class, or that time we cut class to go get high, or whatever. dozens of very specific detailed events. I haven't thought about most of those things since they happened. My brother was there as well, and he remembered still more very specific events that I had forgotten all about. Until I was reminded.
Now, I'm certainly not indicating that I have reached my capacity for information, but i would assume that those memories that haven't been accessed in 10 years would have been erased during my MCSE, or CCNA training. Who knows, that training might have moved those memories to "backup media" or offline storage, but they certainly were not completely erased.
i vaugley remember something about information being stored in our brains in the folds and curves. and even that Einsteins brain although much smaller than the average humans had many more of these curves and folds than average indicating that he had more stored knowledge. I can't remember where I heard/learned this or even if it was a reliable source. But it made sense to me at the time, and still does.
IANAPsychologist, but I would think that our capacity for near infinite knowledge is what gives us that competitive edge against all other species. The fact that we can learn more, and live long enough to not only use that knowledge, but to pass the majority of it along to the next generation is to me the only real thing that separates humans from the more primitive species... you know like mexicans... (haha j/k I love the Mexicans yay for Carlos Mencia)
This will probably get modded troll or some such shenanigans but I've got to say it.
When anyone decides what can and cannot be said, everyone loses. I totally disagree with terrorism, and islamic jihad and all that crap. But I have to defend their right to say and believe in it. Attack me, or my family and I'll kill them myself. But their crazy religion instructs them that we are evil and must be killed if their religion is to flourish. This is no different than the Catholic/Christian regimes of western Europe 500 years ago. It's the same damn thing. Do I agree with what they have to say? HELL NO. will I defend their right to say it? Yes.
Speech and action are very different things. The freedom to speak, and the right to believe in even the most unpopular ideals is what made America great. Unfortunately corporate sub-culture and sheep mentality is what is making America terrible.
I'm in no position to say what kind of parent you are. But what would you suggest a person does with an undisciplined child who will listen to nobody because they know there is no effective punishment.
Let me know in 10 years when your kids are in jail.
It happened sometime in the late 80's or early 90's. Right about the same time they took corporal punishment away from parents. Parents these days are too busy to raise their children, so they force the state to take care of that. Not all parents, but I would have to say the majority of people I know that have kids are not raising them at all, let alone raising them right. If my friend spanks his 6 year old daughter she will call DSS, (abuse) send her to bed without dinner (neglect) It seems you can't punish kids at all today. As much as I hope to be a father some day, I'm kind of glad I don't have any children because it's impossible to discipline kids these days.
A much better bet is that terrorism is a closer reason for us going in. Not they currently are or were imminently going to do so, but rather because they did in the past, Are you high? Seriously, how could you possibly believe this drivel. If terrorism was a concern, why would Dubya leave the known terrorists in Afghanistan only to attack a "potential terrorist"? We (yes we if you're American your money paid for it whether you like it or not) invaded a more or less innocent country because it was supposed to be an "easy win", haha hindsight is 20/20 isn't it. And with a puppet regime we could have had a bit more control in that area of the world. Had we just continued killing them crazy Muslims that had attacked us first (of which I'm not entirely convinced anymore) America would be a little less hated today, not much but a little bit.
Engaging in a war in that region has resulted in a lesser amount of oil being available, higher prices for it and a much more difficult time procuring the amount that we are using. And I do stand by what I said. It isn't Exxon or BP or even Shell that are making the largest profits on the price increase it is the countries that control the oil fields in the Middle East that are. Wake up Muttley you're dreaming again. You're no Robin Hood and you're no Gungadin. 10 Billion PROFIT per quarter....But that's just what a company that size needs to make in order to survive. Warning old news... http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/earnings/2 005-10-27-xom_x.htm
Oblig Spaceballs quote. "It's my industrial strength hair dryer and I Can't Live Without it"
America today, is certainly the most corrupt it has ever been. I am convinced the only reason our elected leaders don't commit mass genocide, and all the other atrocities that are going on in these "third world" countries is because they haven't figured out #2 yet. 1. Genocide 2. ???? 3. PROFIT!!! Once the President (and it doesn't matter who it is, after Dubya there will be another corrupt "Statesman" elected. New boss, same as the old boss so they say) figures out #2 it'll happen, they'll blame it on "terrorists" or even better declare "war on poverty, or war on whoever".
You won't hear about it on the news at 10 though, well, unless Paris Hilton or Lindsay Lohan have something to do with it.
I apologize in advance, but did you RTFA? It clearly states that the offending software was "written" in.NET express. So he would be bound by the EULA. I'm just as anti MS as the next guy, but If he agreed to the eula,
and the eula can be considered a binding contract in any legal way, and the eula expressly forbids "add-ins" or "hacks" then he has no case to continue selling the express version of his program.
Obviously IANAL, but I did stay at a holiday inn express a few weeks ago.
People who click on links like that should have their computers immediately taken away from them. If you drive irresponsibly then they take your license. If you're stupid enough to click on links like that then it should be the same punishment. Take the internet away from these people.
We lock up people who pose a danger to themselves and others, this should be no different. Might want to cut them off from the breeding pool while we're at it too.
I would imagine the RIAA would take a "If you're not with us, you're against us" attitude toward companies that are not trying to strip consumers of their rights.
easy enough to set that token to "lost" with a passcode that doesn't expire. If you're an admin you would certainly have access to the RSA ACE server that allows this.
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But those in their mid/late 40's have kids 14-25.(some still living in the basement)
I'll help "lobby" that bill. But I'd need to attach a rider to it. The rider would have to state that "Tom" gets to smoke weed. Maybe that's what we need to do, get together and buy a few politicians. We can probably get one from a poorer state pretty cheap.
Libraries actually do share music digitally. Mine does anyway, they're drm crippled versions that die in 14 days. So you can use the material for 2 weeks, on 1 system. transcoding to mp3 or whatever breaks them, but burning to cd audio seems to work fine.
If I was inclined to buy an ipod like device, I would most likely get something like this. New and hip doesn't mean anything to me really. Accessories.... don't really want or need em.
Shit I don't even have a cell phone.
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This happened in my High School as well.
Lowell High in Massachusetts. I can remember being forced to take these "anonymous" surveys and within a week I was in a meeting with the Headmaster, and my mom. (would have been about 1995 if I remember correctly)
In My Experience
Verizon will not offer any deals other than a free month or 2. I had them for 2 years @14.99 a month for their 768K DSL, and it seemed like they really didn't care that I was leaving for a competitor (comcast). Then I realized they still charged me every month even after I cancelled for 3 months. I got to a point where I threatened to cancel my land line if they didn't stop charging me for the DSL I no longer wanted or needed.
In short I doubt they'll offer any kind of deals. but then again, wtf do I know.
It was certainly a step up from 23.99/mo for dial up, but I could never go back to anything less than cable now. Even at $10, (and really $10 a month) I wouldn't want DSL, too many problems with my service over those 2 years.
after coming back from vacation, how long did it take to "readjust" to your normal routine. That would determine (at least for me) how dependent I am on the gadgets that seemingly run my life.
how funny would that be.
My local library only loans out dupes. Any cd/dvd/book on cd etc... they are all copies of the original. They also allow for downloads of all their books on cd. You just sign up and download the content for free. They are DRM'd though, and only last 14 days from when they were originally downloaded. But you can copy them to cd and they never expire, the time limit only works for the PC.
- 8D6F-E3BBC86707C2/10/247/en/Default.htm
The "digital" book library http://digitalbooks.cwmars.org/51E8EC75-D880-413A
What commercial software that is released these days doesn't qualify as "beta".
My mother ran a "beta" version of XP right up until MS finally released a "moderately" stable version. (SP2 if you were wondering).
And not just MS, although they are probably the worst.
My all time favorite video game series, Elder Scrolls. You can not tell me that DaggerFall, and Morrowind were actually ready for release until months after their initial release. Same goes for Oblivion, that still has more bugs than the majority of other games I play combined.
Do they put out an excellent product, YES. Do they charge you $50 to beta test it if you purchase it within the first 12 months. YES.
Nothing new here, I didn't even think new software had the RC stage anymore. Get it out of alpha, and onto the shelves, we can fix it after it starts to make a profit...
you know what, you're right. I had forgotten that you certain accounts could not be set to lost status. If the token was unavailable you simply could not get in.
They cannot simply disappear, can they?
example.
Last weekend... or was it the weekend before, I don't remember. (hehe)
I caught up with an old friend from high school. I haven't seen him in almost 11 years. Just by being with him and having a few drinks talking etc... I remembered very specific incidents. Things that happened in biology class, or that time we cut class to go get high, or whatever. dozens of very specific detailed events. I haven't thought about most of those things since they happened. My brother was there as well, and he remembered still more very specific events that I had forgotten all about. Until I was reminded.
Now, I'm certainly not indicating that I have reached my capacity for information, but i would assume that those memories that haven't been accessed in 10 years would have been erased during my MCSE, or CCNA training. Who knows, that training might have moved those memories to "backup media" or offline storage, but they certainly were not completely erased.
i vaugley remember something about information being stored in our brains in the folds and curves. and even that Einsteins brain although much smaller than the average humans had many more of these curves and folds than average indicating that he had more stored knowledge. I can't remember where I heard/learned this or even if it was a reliable source. But it made sense to me at the time, and still does.
IANAPsychologist, but I would think that our capacity for near infinite knowledge is what gives us that competitive edge against all other species. The fact that we can learn more, and live long enough to not only use that knowledge, but to pass the majority of it along to the next generation is to me the only real thing that separates humans from the more primitive species... you know like mexicans... (haha j/k I love the Mexicans yay for Carlos Mencia)
Obscure, if not entirely off topic Pink Floyd reference...
If I had a mod point I'd give it to you.
This will probably get modded troll or some such shenanigans but I've got to say it.
When anyone decides what can and cannot be said, everyone loses. I totally disagree with terrorism, and islamic jihad and all that crap. But I have to defend their right to say and believe in it.
Attack me, or my family and I'll kill them myself. But their crazy religion instructs them that we are evil and must be killed if their religion is to flourish. This is no different than the Catholic/Christian regimes of western Europe 500 years ago. It's the same damn thing. Do I agree with what they have to say? HELL NO. will I defend their right to say it? Yes.
Speech and action are very different things.
The freedom to speak, and the right to believe in even the most unpopular ideals is what made America great.
Unfortunately corporate sub-culture and sheep mentality is what is making America terrible.
I'm in no position to say what kind of parent you are.
But what would you suggest a person does with an undisciplined child who will listen to nobody because they know there is no effective punishment.
Let me know in 10 years when your kids are in jail.
It happened sometime in the late 80's or early 90's. Right about the same time they took corporal punishment away from parents.
Parents these days are too busy to raise their children, so they force the state to take care of that.
Not all parents, but I would have to say the majority of people I know that have kids are not raising them at all, let alone raising them right. If my friend spanks his 6 year old daughter she will call DSS, (abuse) send her to bed without dinner (neglect) It seems you can't punish kids at all today. As much as I hope to be a father some day, I'm kind of glad I don't have any children because it's impossible to discipline kids these days.
If terrorism was a concern, why would Dubya leave the known terrorists in Afghanistan only to attack a "potential terrorist"?
We (yes we if you're American your money paid for it whether you like it or not) invaded a more or less innocent country because it was supposed to be an "easy win", haha hindsight is 20/20 isn't it. And with a puppet regime we could have had a bit more control in that area of the world.
Had we just continued killing them crazy Muslims that had attacked us first (of which I'm not entirely convinced anymore) America would be a little less hated today, not much but a little bit. Engaging in a war in that region has resulted in a lesser amount of oil being available, higher prices for it and a much more difficult time procuring the amount that we are using.
And I do stand by what I said. It isn't Exxon or BP or even Shell that are making the largest profits on the price increase it is the countries that control the oil fields in the Middle East that are. Wake up Muttley you're dreaming again. You're no Robin Hood and you're no Gungadin.
10 Billion PROFIT per quarter....But that's just what a company that size needs to make in order to survive.
Warning old news... http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/earnings/
Oblig Spaceballs quote. "It's my industrial strength hair dryer and I Can't Live Without it"
America today, is certainly the most corrupt it has ever been. I am convinced the only reason our elected leaders don't commit mass genocide, and all the other atrocities that are going on in these "third world" countries is because they haven't figured out #2 yet.
1. Genocide
2. ????
3. PROFIT!!!
Once the President (and it doesn't matter who it is, after Dubya there will be another corrupt "Statesman" elected. New boss, same as the old boss so they say) figures out #2 it'll happen, they'll blame it on "terrorists" or even better declare "war on poverty, or war on whoever".
You won't hear about it on the news at 10 though, well, unless Paris Hilton or Lindsay Lohan have something to do with it.
I apologize in advance, but did you RTFA? It clearly states that the offending software was "written" in .NET express. So he would be bound by the EULA.
I'm just as anti MS as the next guy, but
If he agreed to the eula,
and
the eula can be considered a binding contract in any legal way,
and the eula expressly forbids "add-ins" or "hacks"
then he has no case to continue selling the express version of his program.
Obviously IANAL, but I did stay at a holiday inn express a few weeks ago.
it might not be "rust" per se, but it still turns to shit if it's soaked for long enough.
do us all a favor and pull your head out of your ass.
thanks
Tom
can't you hear the sustain...
well you could if it was on
People who click on links like that should have their computers immediately taken away from them. If you drive irresponsibly then they take your license. If you're stupid enough to click on links like that then it should be the same punishment. Take the internet away from these people.
We lock up people who pose a danger to themselves and others, this should be no different. Might want to cut them off from the breeding pool while we're at it too.
Use GNU/Debian... It rocks
----ducks**
I would imagine the RIAA would take a "If you're not with us, you're against us" attitude toward companies that are not trying to strip consumers of their rights.
easy enough to set that token to "lost" with a passcode that doesn't expire.
If you're an admin you would certainly have access to the RSA ACE server that allows this.
But those in their mid/late 40's have kids 14-25.(some still living in the basement)
I'll help "lobby" that bill. But I'd need to attach a rider to it.
The rider would have to state that "Tom" gets to smoke weed.
Maybe that's what we need to do, get together and buy a few politicians. We can probably get one from a poorer state pretty cheap.
Libraries actually do share music digitally. Mine does anyway, they're drm crippled versions that die in 14 days. So you can use the material for 2 weeks, on 1 system. transcoding to mp3 or whatever breaks them, but burning to cd audio seems to work fine.
If I was inclined to buy an ipod like device, I would most likely get something like this. New and hip doesn't mean anything to me really. Accessories.... don't really want or need em.
Shit I don't even have a cell phone.
pull the plug on the internet and that VPN stops working. You're here on /. you should know that.