There is nothing wrong in sharing what you want to share and keeping secret what you want to keep secret. The key difference is what you share and what you keep secret.
Well, obviously you can't use the old computer until you collect enough of old parts for it. This may take several years - and those would be the only years when that old computer still might be of use to someone.
If you only need one PC, then sell the old PC on eBay for whatever $50 or $100 you can get, since the old parts alone definitely will not be of value to anyone. The post which I replied to was written by a student, and I can't imagine that a student can't dispose of an old computer for a reasonable compensation; there is always a student whose PC just got eaten by viruses, for example. In such a case eBay is not needed, just post a note on a bulletin board.
In my experience, such an incremental upgrade is more expensive. As you said, you bought the second computer already, as parts, and maybe even more than that - and you still have ONE computer! Where did the old parts go, ones that haven't failed?
In most cases it is practical to keep the old computer as is, and use it for whatever work you can foist onto it. I had an old 486DX2, for example: bought in 1995, switched to firewall duty around 1999, and scrapped only last year.
So if someone were to sniff my RFID driver's license and find out that I'm "00983a02f0724e902c83b704"....big deal, it's not like they can create fake ID without access to the secure database on which all the data would be stored.
In other words, if the safe where you keep all your money is secured with two keys, you don't mind to allow one of these keys to be secretly duplicated?
For instance, requiring the person to bring an origional birth certificate, certificate of citizenship, or blue card if non-citizen.
Anyone, citizen or not, who lives in USA for more than a month, must apply for a state driver's license. There are plenty of foreigners with this status; all H1B's, for example...
Canada is peaceful and quiet, but can be very cold in winter (-20C is not unusual in Ontario, colder in Ottawa.) Oh, Canada uses metric system. Sales tax (GST+PST) is 15%, but waived on many items (such as food.) Car insurance is very expensive ($1000), but insures up to $1M. And you will have to learn curling:-)
That's because what people call "driver's license" is actually a proof of such a license issued to you by the state. The license is not a piece of plastic; its is a decision made by DMV. That decision always stays with you, even if you don't have the documentary proof on you.
One should, of course, carry the license while driving, but at least a person would not be jailed for leaving the document in another jacket, for example. He will be plenty inconvenienced, though, and that is fair enough.
The RFID tags I use to get into my building have to be rubbed up against the reader for it to read them, and have to be positioned in the wallet so that the reader is close enough.
In most large cities there would be plenty of reason and opportunity to rub something against you. If pickpocketing thieves don't mind inserting their fingers into your pockets for mere change, why would they not wave a disguised custom reader near your pocket to steal your entire identity?
Quite opposite. It is easier to port, say, GTK to a new windowing system, once, than to port 100,000 applications designed for Win32. The lack of a standard toolkit is in no way a problem.
There is nothing to edit. This function is handled by the laptop's video hardware. Ever wondered what these blue F-key outlines are for? One of them can change the monitor configuration (LCD on/off, external on/off) - and they default to "everything on". You only need to physically connect the monitor.
Even if you just bought a second video card and installed it into your computer, even then you only need to start sax2 (on SuSE) and choose the desired multi-head layout. This is easier than on Windows (with NVidia boards at least); on Windows the necessary tab may be found only after hours of clicking, so well buried it is.
I have an endless problem with Linksys WAP54G. It has an Ethernet port and a RESET button, that's it. And in any combination it can't be found anywhere on the network, most of the time. Once I manage to configure it, then it kinda works. But once reset... no way. It still doesn't work. The setup s/w once detected it today, and said that its IP address is 1.192.168.1... guess what, it's a lie. And the default IP is not there either; the manual even talks about three different "default" IPs. It's garbage.
Quality TV is hard to find, and while searching you will be up to your neck in the "other" TV. Besides, what is there on C-Span which you can't find on Internet, searchable and when you need it?
You threaten to throw the TV away, but I am already there. I am moving into another apartment in 1 month, and I don't want to drag my TV along. I haven't turned it on for, I think, 4 or 5 years by now. I will take it out, to the dumpster, and if anyone wants it, help yourself. I don't need it anymore.
Funny +5 it may be, but the grandparent still has a point. If it's raining outside, or night, or he got cold, or just is not in the mood... there is nothing wrong with a "virtual walk" into a "virtual bar" which/. is, as matter of fact. I may agree that mindless web surfing is stupid, but what is wrong with talking to people? There are many ways to talk.
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There is nothing wrong in sharing what you want to share and keeping secret what you want to keep secret. The key difference is what you share and what you keep secret.
No, it will only cause evolution of English. Imagine how nice it would be if the whole world speaks Englifish :-)
If you only need one PC, then sell the old PC on eBay for whatever $50 or $100 you can get, since the old parts alone definitely will not be of value to anyone. The post which I replied to was written by a student, and I can't imagine that a student can't dispose of an old computer for a reasonable compensation; there is always a student whose PC just got eaten by viruses, for example. In such a case eBay is not needed, just post a note on a bulletin board.
In most cases it is practical to keep the old computer as is, and use it for whatever work you can foist onto it. I had an old 486DX2, for example: bought in 1995, switched to firewall duty around 1999, and scrapped only last year.
In other words, if the safe where you keep all your money is secured with two keys, you don't mind to allow one of these keys to be secretly duplicated?
Anyone, citizen or not, who lives in USA for more than a month, must apply for a state driver's license. There are plenty of foreigners with this status; all H1B's, for example...
You start by converting a free country into a maximum security prison.
Canada is peaceful and quiet, but can be very cold in winter (-20C is not unusual in Ontario, colder in Ottawa.) Oh, Canada uses metric system. Sales tax (GST+PST) is 15%, but waived on many items (such as food.) Car insurance is very expensive ($1000), but insures up to $1M. And you will have to learn curling :-)
I went to my bank a few days ago to get some cash with a check, and funny - they wanted to see my ID before they gave me the cash... I wonder why :-)
One should, of course, carry the license while driving, but at least a person would not be jailed for leaving the document in another jacket, for example. He will be plenty inconvenienced, though, and that is fair enough.
In most large cities there would be plenty of reason and opportunity to rub something against you. If pickpocketing thieves don't mind inserting their fingers into your pockets for mere change, why would they not wave a disguised custom reader near your pocket to steal your entire identity?
No danger at all; quite the opposite, he can have all the fun and carry none of the liability :-)
AOL charges about $4 for a minimum amount of access. Works everywhere, great for weary travelers who only want to check their email.
So all the monsters in the next release of Doom III will have Creative logo evilly pulsating on their foreheads?
This is -not- obvious. How would anyone discover this many-step process is beyond me.
Quite opposite. It is easier to port, say, GTK to a new windowing system, once, than to port 100,000 applications designed for Win32. The lack of a standard toolkit is in no way a problem.
Even if you just bought a second video card and installed it into your computer, even then you only need to start sax2 (on SuSE) and choose the desired multi-head layout. This is easier than on Windows (with NVidia boards at least); on Windows the necessary tab may be found only after hours of clicking, so well buried it is.
According to TFA, it wasn't. The problem is that the ground site can always increase the power.
I am sure your estimate is a good enough reason for anyone to risk his eyesight.
It's probably as easy as guiding a complete, zero-day computer newbie through installation of OS/360, over the phone.
I have an endless problem with Linksys WAP54G. It has an Ethernet port and a RESET button, that's it. And in any combination it can't be found anywhere on the network, most of the time. Once I manage to configure it, then it kinda works. But once reset... no way. It still doesn't work. The setup s/w once detected it today, and said that its IP address is 1.192.168.1 ... guess what, it's a lie. And the default IP is not there either; the manual even talks about three different "default" IPs. It's garbage.
Quality TV is hard to find, and while searching you will be up to your neck in the "other" TV. Besides, what is there on C-Span which you can't find on Internet, searchable and when you need it?
Then why did you buy it in first place?
You threaten to throw the TV away, but I am already there. I am moving into another apartment in 1 month, and I don't want to drag my TV along. I haven't turned it on for, I think, 4 or 5 years by now. I will take it out, to the dumpster, and if anyone wants it, help yourself. I don't need it anymore.
Funny +5 it may be, but the grandparent still has a point. If it's raining outside, or night, or he got cold, or just is not in the mood... there is nothing wrong with a "virtual walk" into a "virtual bar" which /. is, as matter of fact. I may agree that mindless web surfing is stupid, but what is wrong with talking to people? There are many ways to talk.