> We don't hear much at all about the former "war on drugs", probably because the Bush cartel is involved in the international drug trade itself
Couldn't have anything to do with the "war" not doing anything except costing us more money. Or that the population is starting to wonder what is so "wrong" with many recreational drugs. Even when the intended result is the same as the goals (freedom) it's still evil. No, it MUST be a conspiracy.
> An anti-proton is as heavy as a proton, but it has opposite charge.
It has an opposite charge? Hmm. This is probably a stupid question -- are there anti-atoms? With protons & electrons in the center & protons going 'round? Or even protons in the nucleus still, swapped charge.
> trying to debate black hole phenomena with no education save some physics courses in high school.
You elitist twat! I know everything I need to know about black holes from Elementary Science classes, and anyone who says otherwise is itching for a fight!
Of course black holes are proven to be a point in space where everything blew up & opened a hole to the next dimension where there is less pressure, so everything gets sucked up and spewed into it. This next dimension is heaven, and black holes are how you get there, duh! They are God's portals.
Geez, if it weren't for my terrific home schooling, I'd think future generations are doomed. Psh, quantum theory... more like quantum... uh... your mom! hehe, I'm so funny. And original!
Yes, I know,:( but I am hopeful that it will not always be the case, so I still try to separate the two in my mind. Unfortunately, as my post shows, I have not done so successfully.
> given that every cellphone tower covers a fixed number of square km, you'll need the same number of towers per head of population
Wait, that makes no sense. Are you assuming a standard distribution of people across the U.S.? That is far from the case. Population has nothing to do with this anyway. They would need the same number of towers to cover the whole country whether they had one customer or one billion.
> estonia has a virtually equal population density > Why doesn't america have coast to coast digital cellphone coverage?
Umm... maybe because it is economically feasible to cover a country the size of Estonia. In case you haven't seen a map in the last 400 years, the U.S. is a very large company, and with the maximum distance between towers to cover the land, it means a whole lotta towers that each cost a whole lotta money.
> Have you seen the bikerchicks4u.com page when you click on the link
Yes, and I liked it so much I Emailed the author and told him what a fucking idiot he is.
It says they're reporting me for linking to their page -- If I am visiting, chances are pretty damn good that I didn't do the linking myself. If you're going to make a joke, even a really really really bad one, at least make some sense. Using a minimal amount of logic told me this guy has none.
> When USA attacked Vietnam, supporting the US was unethical, supporting Vietnamese was ethically right.
Neither of those are true. Neither of them are untrue, however. Regardless, sitting in an Anti-Aircraft gun and saying that you would like to kill an American flying above you is ethically wrong. It would have been just as ethically wrong to say you'd like to kill a Viet Cong flying above you. Although for VCs to fly, they would have had to have been thrown.
Well, unless you gave MP3.com exclusive ownership of the songs, there is a law. Copyright laws. Sure, the new owner could still play your song somewhere you'll never hear it, but they could still do that no matter how many laws are passed.
> you color them in with a pencil and recover my private thoughts is that your fault or mine?
Your fault... err, the writer's fault. I'm sure there is nothing illegal with recovering files from a PC you own, but if you tried distributing any of that, you'll be in trouble. Or taking advantage of the info somehow, like copying the code from their site and using it yourself, etc.
I would be very surprised, however, if they did not completely wipe these drives, including zeroing out all bits on the drive first, low-levelling it, or something similar.
> make a different word; 'hack' already has a meaning.
Here's an amazing concept: languages change over time, even short spans of time. "Bitch," at one point, meant ONLY "female dog." Now I can say to you "quit your fucking bitching" and you know what I mean.
Also, you are not Webster, so you have no authority on word usage, so get over yourself.
I'm American and like to stand up for "American values" and Americans in general, sometimes even to a fault, but this is completely true.
> what is the average U.S. male like?
Confused. Most don't realize the women are playing with them because it is exactly what they see on TV. Take average American TV shows -- take about 85% of the TOTALLY unbelieveable crap out and what is left is the common view of reality. Far from the truth.
> Does he play mind hockey with emotions?
Not usually, but there are many who do, of course.
> Does he realise that the average U.S. woman is trying to unbalance him?
The women sometimes don't even realize this because (again, TV) they get a constant input of B.S. on "how they are supposed to act." What is even worse than television are the countless magazines that tell women they have to dress like whores to get attention from men. Total crap. You (err, not you, unless your female) can be wearing dirty, smelly smeatpants with huge holes and a Cisco T-Shirt, and some men will still drool. These magazines also seem to stress that sex is the answer to making anyone happy (except themselves, but that is never mentioned). They have articles, written by women who know nothing about it, telling other women how to "keep a man." WOMEN, IT'S NOT THAT HARD TO KEEP A MAN HAPPY!!!
> I find it hard to believe that people would stay together with the women you describe
So do I. That's why about 25% of American marriages end in divorce (the commonly thrown-around statistic of 50% is completely bogus and unattributable, but 25% is still pretty bad).
> Where are the intelligent emotionally-strong hard-working women who are upfront and honest?
Women are certainly not upfront because they are told that it makes them pushy & unattractive. Bull. There are probably about 200 of the "good ones" you describe in the country. They are married to the redneck guys who are assholes, but stay with them because they keep thinking that they will eventually become nice.
No, I didn't RTFA, didn't read any posts, I barely read the damn summary. I am damn sick of seeing a/. post every two fucking months about "BPL is 'Real Close Now.'" When the first real Powerline network is installed, fine, tell me. Don't keep telling me about this "great new idea" I have seen a million times before.
> only takes 15 second MPEGs. I'm wondering how they can reliably grab a four digit PIN
Using a real card, figure out how long it takes between inserting the card & having the display change to allow PIN entry. Have a sensor in the card reader that "announces" wirelessly to the camera unit that a card has been inserted. Have the camera unit wait the predetermined amount of time (so as not to waste 5-6 seconds of video time) before recording the full 15 seconds. If the PIN isn't entered within 15 seconds, too bad, but most people will be able to do that.
Funny, never heard of that country. Since your country has the same laws as every other country, can you explain how conflicting laws are dealt with? Or do they just imprison anyone who breaks a law that might be in effect somewhere?
In the U.S., just about everyone uses checks. It's almost as convenient as cash, but safer. It's nowhere near the convenience of Credit Cards, but far, FAR safer.
> I doubt you would condone the use of pipebombs by everyday citizens.
What if they decided to start landscaping their (very large, I hope) yord, but there's a hill -- maybe a Native American burial mound -- in the way. Build a bomb to "move" it. Sure, you can say "you have to be either very responsible or very, very stupid to do that." Well, the same can be said of guns. A bomb, by itself, is not bad. It's most common purposes, however, are.
> decided to sell the copy at a garage sale? > Is that still illegal?
Yes
> Should it be?
No. As long as the other person knows it's a copy and it's in the original DVD's case. Of course, many backup copies do not include the additional features or even main menus, so you would want to point that out as well.
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> Nope 10 mins on High in my microwave not a darn thing
See, we're looking at this all wrong. The government knows this guy is a kook, so they just put RFIDs in all HIS money, not all the rest of our money.
> We don't hear much at all about the former "war on drugs", probably because the Bush cartel is involved in the international drug trade itself
Couldn't have anything to do with the "war" not doing anything except costing us more money. Or that the population is starting to wonder what is so "wrong" with many recreational drugs. Even when the intended result is the same as the goals (freedom) it's still evil. No, it MUST be a conspiracy.
> Let's say SCO get's a jurry of druggys.
> Mr Sco is on crack.
If you have a jury of drug addicts, it would not be wise to mention SCO on crack. They might think that's a GOOD thing.
> The only reason JFK was elected was because of television
Wow, you call him a tool & point out how right he is. Brilliant indeed.
> An anti-proton is as heavy as a proton, but it has opposite charge.
It has an opposite charge? Hmm. This is probably a stupid question -- are there anti-atoms? With protons & electrons in the center & protons going 'round? Or even protons in the nucleus still, swapped charge.
> trying to debate black hole phenomena with no education save some physics courses in high school.
You elitist twat! I know everything I need to know about black holes from Elementary Science classes, and anyone who says otherwise is itching for a fight!
Of course black holes are proven to be a point in space where everything blew up & opened a hole to the next dimension where there is less pressure, so everything gets sucked up and spewed into it. This next dimension is heaven, and black holes are how you get there, duh! They are God's portals.
Geez, if it weren't for my terrific home schooling, I'd think future generations are doomed. Psh, quantum theory... more like quantum... uh... your mom! hehe, I'm so funny. And original!
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:( but I am hopeful that it will not always be the case, so I still try to separate the two in my mind. Unfortunately, as my post shows, I have not done so successfully.
> Same thing now
Yes, I know,
> given that every cellphone tower covers a fixed number of square km, you'll need the same number of towers per head of population
Wait, that makes no sense. Are you assuming a standard distribution of people across the U.S.? That is far from the case. Population has nothing to do with this anyway. They would need the same number of towers to cover the whole country whether they had one customer or one billion.
> the U.S. is a very large company,
Argh, country
> estonia has a virtually equal population density
> Why doesn't america have coast to coast digital cellphone coverage?
Umm... maybe because it is economically feasible to cover a country the size of Estonia. In case you haven't seen a map in the last 400 years, the U.S. is a very large company, and with the maximum distance between towers to cover the land, it means a whole lotta towers that each cost a whole lotta money.
> Have you seen the bikerchicks4u.com page when you click on the link
Yes, and I liked it so much I Emailed the author and told him what a fucking idiot he is.
It says they're reporting me for linking to their page -- If I am visiting, chances are pretty damn good that I didn't do the linking myself. If you're going to make a joke, even a really really really bad one, at least make some sense. Using a minimal amount of logic told me this guy has none.
> When USA attacked Vietnam, supporting the US was unethical, supporting Vietnamese was ethically right.
Neither of those are true. Neither of them are untrue, however. Regardless, sitting in an Anti-Aircraft gun and saying that you would like to kill an American flying above you is ethically wrong. It would have been just as ethically wrong to say you'd like to kill a Viet Cong flying above you. Although for VCs to fly, they would have had to have been thrown.
> I really wish there was a law
Well, unless you gave MP3.com exclusive ownership of the songs, there is a law. Copyright laws. Sure, the new owner could still play your song somewhere you'll never hear it, but they could still do that no matter how many laws are passed.
> you color them in with a pencil and recover my private thoughts is that your fault or mine?
Your fault... err, the writer's fault. I'm sure there is nothing illegal with recovering files from a PC you own, but if you tried distributing any of that, you'll be in trouble. Or taking advantage of the info somehow, like copying the code from their site and using it yourself, etc.
I would be very surprised, however, if they did not completely wipe these drives, including zeroing out all bits on the drive first, low-levelling it, or something similar.
> make a different word; 'hack' already has a meaning.
Here's an amazing concept: languages change over time, even short spans of time. "Bitch," at one point, meant ONLY "female dog." Now I can say to you "quit your fucking bitching" and you know what I mean.
Also, you are not Webster, so you have no authority on word usage, so get over yourself.
I'm American and like to stand up for "American values" and Americans in general, sometimes even to a fault, but this is completely true.
> what is the average U.S. male like?
Confused. Most don't realize the women are playing with them because it is exactly what they see on TV. Take average American TV shows -- take about 85% of the TOTALLY unbelieveable crap out and what is left is the common view of reality. Far from the truth.
> Does he play mind hockey with emotions?
Not usually, but there are many who do, of course.
> Does he realise that the average U.S. woman is trying to unbalance him?
The women sometimes don't even realize this because (again, TV) they get a constant input of B.S. on "how they are supposed to act." What is even worse than television are the countless magazines that tell women they have to dress like whores to get attention from men. Total crap. You (err, not you, unless your female) can be wearing dirty, smelly smeatpants with huge holes and a Cisco T-Shirt, and some men will still drool. These magazines also seem to stress that sex is the answer to making anyone happy (except themselves, but that is never mentioned). They have articles, written by women who know nothing about it, telling other women how to "keep a man." WOMEN, IT'S NOT THAT HARD TO KEEP A MAN HAPPY!!!
> I find it hard to believe that people would stay together with the women you describe
So do I. That's why about 25% of American marriages end in divorce (the commonly thrown-around statistic of 50% is completely bogus and unattributable, but 25% is still pretty bad).
> Where are the intelligent emotionally-strong hard-working women who are upfront and honest?
Women are certainly not upfront because they are told that it makes them pushy & unattractive. Bull. There are probably about 200 of the "good ones" you describe in the country. They are married to the redneck guys who are assholes, but stay with them because they keep thinking that they will eventually become nice.
America is a very scary place for the lonely.
No, I didn't RTFA, didn't read any posts, I barely read the damn summary. I am damn sick of seeing a /. post every two fucking months about "BPL is 'Real Close Now.'" When the first real Powerline network is installed, fine, tell me. Don't keep telling me about this "great new idea" I have seen a million times before.
> Now that this guy's got a memory stick full of people's atm card numbers and pins
Very good point. I wonder if he erased the card, kept it intact, or even thought about that at all (I would think he had).
> only takes 15 second MPEGs. I'm wondering how they can reliably grab a four digit PIN
Using a real card, figure out how long it takes between inserting the card & having the display change to allow PIN entry. Have a sensor in the card reader that "announces" wirelessly to the camera unit that a card has been inserted. Have the camera unit wait the predetermined amount of time (so as not to waste 5-6 seconds of video time) before recording the full 15 seconds. If the PIN isn't entered within 15 seconds, too bad, but most people will be able to do that.
> you knew someone was gonna post that
Yup, and they beat you to it by 20 minutes.
> Civilized
Funny, never heard of that country. Since your country has the same laws as every other country, can you explain how conflicting laws are dealt with? Or do they just imprison anyone who breaks a law that might be in effect somewhere?
> People still use cheques?
In the U.S., just about everyone uses checks. It's almost as convenient as cash, but safer. It's nowhere near the convenience of Credit Cards, but far, FAR safer.
> I doubt you would condone the use of pipebombs by everyday citizens.
What if they decided to start landscaping their (very large, I hope) yord, but there's a hill -- maybe a Native American burial mound -- in the way. Build a bomb to "move" it. Sure, you can say "you have to be either very responsible or very, very stupid to do that." Well, the same can be said of guns. A bomb, by itself, is not bad. It's most common purposes, however, are.
> Profit: PRICELESS!
Isn't that an oxymoron?
> decided to sell the copy at a garage sale?
> Is that still illegal?
Yes
> Should it be?
No. As long as the other person knows it's a copy and it's in the original DVD's case. Of course, many backup copies do not include the additional features or even main menus, so you would want to point that out as well.