I'm not sure which was funnier, the review you linked to, or your take presented above. Either way, the combined effect of reading yours & watching the other review is having the (likely unintended) consequence of making me wish I had wasted the hours of my life to play this game so that I too could feel the satisfaction of a just and righteous indignation towards the designers of this game for said wasted hours.
I think that all these complaints about the uptake of Vista, and the resilience of XP, are a byproduct of a previous era. With Windows 3.x, 95, 98, 98 Second Ed., to a lesser extent 2000 Pro/ME (shudder), and finally with the release of XP 90% or more of the populace upgraded their individual PCs. Sure, uptake of 98 SE and ME may have been a bit below that, but XP uptake was probably in excess of 95% to compensate.
Both hardware vendors and Microsoft are praying that Windows 7 will bring back the days where a new OS justifies an upgrade on latest-gen hardware, or the purchase of a whole new system.
What they don't seem to realize is that until the release of XP all of the previous versions were unstable headache generators. People no longer feel compelled to upgrade because XP has become the tolerable version of a "devil you know" and Win Vista/7 is simply the "devil you don't".
Wind and solar-energy farms are great as long as sufficient real estate with sufficient levels of solar & wind energy are available to make them cost effective. Nuclear power plants can produce more energy per acre at the site of production, and aren't dependent on locally available levels of harness-able energy surpluses.
It seems foolish to expect a major airline to seat passengers 100% on their scheduled flight 100% of the time. If you need it, there's a certain expectation that you can get a first class ticket with some established guarantees there.
As the airline industry is one of the most recognizable services that is also oversold, imagine if the above statement were true. Can you imagine how you would feel if you & your spouse/significant other were in a snowy airport waiting for the flight that was taking you to the port city where you were going to board a cruise and the desk attendant said "Being as we've overbooked this flight, we're going to allow first class passengers, passengers headed to medical or business destinations, and families traveling with children to board. All others will be seated on a later flight without any additional compensation. Thanks for again for flying with Cox, where we're proud to live up to our name."
The main problem with that plan would be when a site you are registered for is compromised in some way. If you're using the same security response and the interested parties can determine your usernames at other sites then having a site-specific password no longer offers reliable protection.
Without unique user ID + password + security responses for every web-registration you're forced to complete, an encrypted password keeper may be the only practical solution. Of course, then you run the risk of losing all your online identities due to a failed/stolen hard disk...
Do you have any evidence that the indigenous life on Mars didn't colonize Earth so that this dangerous experiment could be done away from their homeworld?
When dealing with any DeskStar series drive one thing is sure, you can expect great performance without any doubt at all.
I built my first system on that drive based on a myriad of reviews like that one. I'd be more upset about it if it wasn't an exceedingly informative introduction to the usefulness of hard drive reviews, and really all tech reviews in general.
Does anyone else find it ironic that while it was illegal for these minors to share nude pictures they probably could have had consensual sexual intercourse (and/or may have already had) without running afoul of the law?
She [Anne H. Milley, director of technology product marketing at SAS] adds, "We have customers who build engines for aircraft. I am happy they are not using freeware when I get on a jet."
New word announcement: "fere" - used to denote the application of open source (free) software in critical roles, striking fear in the uninformed masses.
Examples: "The new software we're using to control our killbots is the latest fereware clone of the commercial Killdows Humans release."
"NASA is requesting support from the fere community for software that can accurately convert between metric and SAE units."
While it's probably impossible (or nearly so) to find the state-mandated guidelines for the time I was in 6th grade, I was able to find the current ones.
1. Describe the rock cycle and explain that there are
sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks that have
distinct properties (e.g., color, texture) and are formed in
different ways.
There are a myriad of other guidelines, of course, but in all the K-12 Science standards the word "algorithm" doesn't even appear. If not for a book called "Code" I would have had to enter my first CS course without knowledge of what an algorithm was, how decimal numbers were represented in binary and hexadecimal, and a myriad other of the most basic concepts that are useful foundations for functioning in a digital world.
I know that folks are going to point out that I'm talking about statespecificguidelines, but these are mostly determined by the federal standards in order to remain in compliance with the No Child Gets Ahead Act. I've provided links for California, Massachusetts, and Kansas curriculum in an attempt to present a cross section of the country--search each for "igneous" and "algorithm" and you'll get the idea.
I'm not saying that the ACM has my complete support on this, simply that standards for evolving disciplines, most notably science, might be well served by inclusion of some more modern concepts.
While I agree wholeheartedly that teaching of communication skills and history have a place in K-12 education, I would contend that the natural sciences are largely taught as an environment in which to instill problem solving skills. Computer science could also serve this purpose.
Part of my middle school science course was spent on geology. I'm not certain that knowing the differences in the methods of formation for sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous rocks is particularly more useful than understanding the difference between iterative and recursive functions. Certainly I've spent a great deal more time focused on the latter than the former in the years since.
If I've learned anything in my time at Slashdot, it is that normal technology doesn't supply one with the capacity to RTFA--maybe satellites are used for that.
I have to say, the photo of the winner suggests to me that while it might be able to locate one sniper, roadside bomb, or armed troop it probably wouldn't last long enough to find a second one.
While the multi-layered approach sounds like a winner, I can only imagine that any land based robot is going to need to be small and fast to have a very high survival rate. Or, small and cheap so that several can be deployed.
The similarity is that in the mind of the police chief implementing this system, citizens only have the rights extended to them by courts. While you and I and other reasonable citizens can see where distinct boundaries are crossed in the examples I gave, there's no weight to the voice of "reasonable citizens" in the eyes of the people deploying these devices.
I for one, welcome those willing to defend my rights.
"We're equipping our officers to do the best job possible," [Chief] Laage said. "The ACLU can claim an issue here, but we rely on court decisions in regards to what's legal and what's not legal, not the ACLU."
You know what would make the officers even better at their jobs? Face-matching cameras at every public intersection. And in every public building. Heck, even better, we could implant every single individual with a GPS tracking device that also reports factors such as pulse, respiration rate, and blood pressure.
Then we, when we issued warrants for specific individuals we'd know exactly where to find them. With crimes that took place at known times, we could develop a signature of the reported biometrics and issue warrants for those who police believe are committing crimes. After a few years/months/weeks of using this system widely, police would probably be able to determine the "fingerprint" metrics for when individuals are thinking about committing a crime.
So the next time you think about ramming some a-hole who cut you off in traffic, or fantasize about pouring a $7 coffee onto the idiot who took 20 minutes to order it, the police will be there to prevent a crime from potentially happening.
Slashdot Mirror
It's probably not such a terrible black mark if you're looking for work in QA.
"Bob, you'll never believe this vulnerability I found on the live server."
"Balderdash, there's no way we'd put a vulnerable version on the open internets."
"Oh? You'll pay, don't think you won't pay." (muttered under breath as finger presses Button Of Doom).
I'm not sure which was funnier, the review you linked to, or your take presented above. Either way, the combined effect of reading yours & watching the other review is having the (likely unintended) consequence of making me wish I had wasted the hours of my life to play this game so that I too could feel the satisfaction of a just and righteous indignation towards the designers of this game for said wasted hours.
If there's a Zero Day exploit to be found, my money is on Dion Rich.
I think that all these complaints about the uptake of Vista, and the resilience of XP, are a byproduct of a previous era. With Windows 3.x, 95, 98, 98 Second Ed., to a lesser extent 2000 Pro/ME (shudder), and finally with the release of XP 90% or more of the populace upgraded their individual PCs. Sure, uptake of 98 SE and ME may have been a bit below that, but XP uptake was probably in excess of 95% to compensate.
Both hardware vendors and Microsoft are praying that Windows 7 will bring back the days where a new OS justifies an upgrade on latest-gen hardware, or the purchase of a whole new system.
What they don't seem to realize is that until the release of XP all of the previous versions were unstable headache generators. People no longer feel compelled to upgrade because XP has become the tolerable version of a "devil you know" and Win Vista/7 is simply the "devil you don't".
Wind and solar-energy farms are great as long as sufficient real estate with sufficient levels of solar & wind energy are available to make them cost effective. Nuclear power plants can produce more energy per acre at the site of production, and aren't dependent on locally available levels of harness-able energy surpluses.
It seems foolish to expect a major airline to seat passengers 100% on their scheduled flight 100% of the time. If you need it, there's a certain expectation that you can get a first class ticket with some established guarantees there.
As the airline industry is one of the most recognizable services that is also oversold, imagine if the above statement were true. Can you imagine how you would feel if you & your spouse/significant other were in a snowy airport waiting for the flight that was taking you to the port city where you were going to board a cruise and the desk attendant said "Being as we've overbooked this flight, we're going to allow first class passengers, passengers headed to medical or business destinations, and families traveling with children to board. All others will be seated on a later flight without any additional compensation. Thanks for again for flying with Cox, where we're proud to live up to our name."
The main problem with that plan would be when a site you are registered for is compromised in some way. If you're using the same security response and the interested parties can determine your usernames at other sites then having a site-specific password no longer offers reliable protection.
Without unique user ID + password + security responses for every web-registration you're forced to complete, an encrypted password keeper may be the only practical solution. Of course, then you run the risk of losing all your online identities due to a failed/stolen hard disk...
Things I'd be willing to clear CAPTCHA's for:
Do you have any evidence that the indigenous life on Mars didn't colonize Earth so that this dangerous experiment could be done away from their homeworld?
GNIMBY: Galacticly, Not In My Back Yard
Only until Aaron Sorkin quits.
When dealing with any DeskStar series drive one thing is sure, you can expect great performance without any doubt at all.
I built my first system on that drive based on a myriad of reviews like that one. I'd be more upset about it if it wasn't an exceedingly informative introduction to the usefulness of hard drive reviews, and really all tech reviews in general.
IBM 60GXP - A string of letters and numbers burned in my memory.
What about the orgies of pedantry?
Does anyone else find it ironic that while it was illegal for these minors to share nude pictures they probably could have had consensual sexual intercourse (and/or may have already had) without running afoul of the law?
FTFA:
Good thing Boeing's not using fere software for aircraft simulation tools, space station labs, sub hunters, or moon rockets ;-)
New word announcement: "fere" - used to denote the application of open source (free) software in critical roles, striking fear in the uninformed masses.
Examples:
"The new software we're using to control our killbots is the latest fereware clone of the commercial Killdows Humans release."
"NASA is requesting support from the fere community for software that can accurately convert between metric and SAE units."
1. Describe the rock cycle and explain that there are sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks that have distinct properties (e.g., color, texture) and are formed in different ways.
There are a myriad of other guidelines, of course, but in all the K-12 Science standards the word "algorithm" doesn't even appear. If not for a book called "Code" I would have had to enter my first CS course without knowledge of what an algorithm was, how decimal numbers were represented in binary and hexadecimal, and a myriad other of the most basic concepts that are useful foundations for functioning in a digital world.
I know that folks are going to point out that I'm talking about state specific guidelines, but these are mostly determined by the federal standards in order to remain in compliance with the No Child Gets Ahead Act. I've provided links for California, Massachusetts, and Kansas curriculum in an attempt to present a cross section of the country--search each for "igneous" and "algorithm" and you'll get the idea.
I'm not saying that the ACM has my complete support on this, simply that standards for evolving disciplines, most notably science, might be well served by inclusion of some more modern concepts.
While I agree wholeheartedly that teaching of communication skills and history have a place in K-12 education, I would contend that the natural sciences are largely taught as an environment in which to instill problem solving skills. Computer science could also serve this purpose.
Part of my middle school science course was spent on geology. I'm not certain that knowing the differences in the methods of formation for sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous rocks is particularly more useful than understanding the difference between iterative and recursive functions. Certainly I've spent a great deal more time focused on the latter than the former in the years since.
Oh no, the FATHER rapers.
If I've learned anything in my time at Slashdot, it is that normal technology doesn't supply one with the capacity to RTFA--maybe satellites are used for that.
Everyone knows we'll just accept whichever standard the porn industry decides to embrace.
I have to say, the photo of the winner suggests to me that while it might be able to locate one sniper, roadside bomb, or armed troop it probably wouldn't last long enough to find a second one.
While the multi-layered approach sounds like a winner, I can only imagine that any land based robot is going to need to be small and fast to have a very high survival rate. Or, small and cheap so that several can be deployed.
I'm pretty sure I've heard of this before. "[Everyone] has a share" sorta like a line from a Joseph Heller novel...
Shouldn't all comments referring to the Hindenburg be modded "Flaimbait"?
The similarity is that in the mind of the police chief implementing this system, citizens only have the rights extended to them by courts. While you and I and other reasonable citizens can see where distinct boundaries are crossed in the examples I gave, there's no weight to the voice of "reasonable citizens" in the eyes of the people deploying these devices.
I for one, welcome those willing to defend my rights.
You know what would make the officers even better at their jobs? Face-matching cameras at every public intersection. And in every public building. Heck, even better, we could implant every single individual with a GPS tracking device that also reports factors such as pulse, respiration rate, and blood pressure.
Then we, when we issued warrants for specific individuals we'd know exactly where to find them. With crimes that took place at known times, we could develop a signature of the reported biometrics and issue warrants for those who police believe are committing crimes. After a few years/months/weeks of using this system widely, police would probably be able to determine the "fingerprint" metrics for when individuals are thinking about committing a crime.
So the next time you think about ramming some a-hole who cut you off in traffic, or fantasize about pouring a $7 coffee onto the idiot who took 20 minutes to order it, the police will be there to prevent a crime from potentially happening.
But hey, it's not the same. Right?