That's why money is the root of all evil. It allows selfish and evil men to harness good men in ignorance.
Just so you know... the quote (verse, technically) is that it's the *love* of money that is the root of all evil. This is because the people that are being dominated in your story allow themselves to be in that position because of their greed. They aren't ignorant - they may act like it, but they know the guys on top make more and that their job is to continually search for news ways to acquire even more. They want money just as much as the guys on top... and as they scramble to try to get it, the people that already have it begin to look for ways to expand their wealth and prevent these others from doing the same.
True that. I have CD's I burned in 97/98. I pulled 'em out recently to cull the data and put it onto a DVD only to find that it was garbage. The disc couldn't even be read. There are some that are better than others. If you google for archive quality media you'll find countless discussions on it.
...'cause the prior art on this won't already be ridiculous...
Seriously though - this whole situation is bonkers. Can we just start making people take IQ tests of some sort before being allowed to apply for a patent? Sort of the intellectual equivalent of "must be this tall to ride this ride". Or maybe they just need to add a new department to the USPTO that performs a "Is this completely f***ing retarded" test on all IT patent applications before the rest of the office even sees them.
2% is ridiculously low but I'm not too surprised. They didn't exactly advertise the feature when I first set it up. I had to read some sort of FAQ to figure out how to set it up. Although, it was definitely a selling point for Netflix for me and it's one of the reasons I've stuck with them. Unless you're single, there's no reason you wouldn't want to have two or more queues.
I am similarly stuck. I usually set-up my queue once every few months. I prefer to just throw twenty movies I want to see in there and then just never login until I think I'm getting close to running out. Logging in and moving one of my movies to the top of the queue so that I get one back instead of my wife is *not* convenient. Might as well just go back to driving to the friggin' movie store. As soon as I got Netflix this was the first feature I looked for and I configured it immediately. Taking it away is just crazy. If they're trying to stop people from sharing accounts - just do it by preventing different addresses. Don't take away profiles. ugh.
Besides, how else are you supposed to get Internet when you first move? It took Comcast two weeks to come and set me up (and I'm a business customer). I'm sure it'll change one day... but until then, checking for and using a neighbor's wifi is just another part of moving!
True that. We survived WWII and came out on top because of our ridiculous manufacturing power and natural resources. For years we were helping the world rebuild. Then we decided we were too good for that crap and started outsourcing... Well - what'd we expect? China beat us at our own game. There are 4 times as many Chinese people, the government controls *everything*, and they don't give a crap about trashing the environment in the process of becoming a superpower. How do you compete with that? Oh, I know! IP (imaginary property)... that'll work - or not.
Pretty sure he didn't say, "ZOMG! LOOKS AT THIS NEW TECH!" He just said it was cooler... and provided a link so you'd know what he was referring to. Nothing wrong with that. Personally, I happen to agree with him. That was the first thing that came to mind when I read about this new project too.
*sigh*. If I had a dollar for every time some teenager asked me for "codes" or "script" to pimp out their MyCrap page I'd be a millionaire. When I was that age I used a real browser... like Lynx. Now if I could just get them to stay offa my lawn...
The thing I really dislike about touchscreens is the lack of tactile feedback. My friend's phone doesn't have a touchscreen but its got "touch buttons" that basically act the same way. It's *really* annoying. You can inadvertently hit a button without knowing it because there's no way to feel a button press. Personally, I think that that's the reason we don't see a slew of touch sensitive PC keyboards. The lack of tactile feedback would make typing awful.
That was my thought as well. I had always thought that the entire *reason* Gitmo existed was because it was outside our country and therefore beyond our laws. IANAL though so...
Yeah... don't count on it staying that way. There are already clowns calling for a constitutional amendment. Incredible how quickly an amendment is called for so that we can hold people indefinitely and treat them in any manner the gov't sees fit.
Suspicious to someone that knows what they're doing... Border jockey's aren't computer geniuses - if they were, they probably wouldn't be working at the border. You could probably get away with just enabling "Guest" and then logging onto your machine as "Guest". Throw a few dummy word docs and crap onto the desktop to make it look like you actually use it. done. If they're actually smart enough to notice that other user accounts exist on the machine just act dumb.
...you sit in a chair for 5-7 hours a day. 5-7 hours? That's it!? You leave/. right this second you poseur you! I could spend that long in my desk chair *after* work. That's not even counting how long I'm sitting in one *during* work.
I didn't say you had to carry it around all the time. You leave it on your desk at home / work. It's a lot more convenient than pulling out someone else's optical drive out of their desktop.
Yeah... getting an external USB DVD Drive is *so* expensive... I'm not sure how I was able to buy one for my wife... oh, wait, maybe I just spent $50 at newegg.
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That's why money is the root of all evil. It allows selfish and evil men to harness good men in ignorance.
Just so you know... the quote (verse, technically) is that it's the *love* of money that is the root of all evil. This is because the people that are being dominated in your story allow themselves to be in that position because of their greed. They aren't ignorant - they may act like it, but they know the guys on top make more and that their job is to continually search for news ways to acquire even more. They want money just as much as the guys on top... and as they scramble to try to get it, the people that already have it begin to look for ways to expand their wealth and prevent these others from doing the same.True that. I have CD's I burned in 97/98. I pulled 'em out recently to cull the data and put it onto a DVD only to find that it was garbage. The disc couldn't even be read. There are some that are better than others. If you google for archive quality media you'll find countless discussions on it.
...'cause the prior art on this won't already be ridiculous...
Seriously though - this whole situation is bonkers. Can we just start making people take IQ tests of some sort before being allowed to apply for a patent? Sort of the intellectual equivalent of "must be this tall to ride this ride". Or maybe they just need to add a new department to the USPTO that performs a "Is this completely f***ing retarded" test on all IT patent applications before the rest of the office even sees them.
I just want to know if they found it under a nice patch of daises.
It's a Beowulf cluster, not just a cluster! You AC types can't even get the meme's right anymore. What's slashdot coming to!?
2% is ridiculously low but I'm not too surprised. They didn't exactly advertise the feature when I first set it up. I had to read some sort of FAQ to figure out how to set it up. Although, it was definitely a selling point for Netflix for me and it's one of the reasons I've stuck with them. Unless you're single, there's no reason you wouldn't want to have two or more queues.
I am similarly stuck. I usually set-up my queue once every few months. I prefer to just throw twenty movies I want to see in there and then just never login until I think I'm getting close to running out. Logging in and moving one of my movies to the top of the queue so that I get one back instead of my wife is *not* convenient. Might as well just go back to driving to the friggin' movie store. As soon as I got Netflix this was the first feature I looked for and I configured it immediately. Taking it away is just crazy. If they're trying to stop people from sharing accounts - just do it by preventing different addresses. Don't take away profiles. ugh.
Besides, how else are you supposed to get Internet when you first move? It took Comcast two weeks to come and set me up (and I'm a business customer). I'm sure it'll change one day... but until then, checking for and using a neighbor's wifi is just another part of moving!
It's also helpful for people that can't read Swedish.
True that. We survived WWII and came out on top because of our ridiculous manufacturing power and natural resources. For years we were helping the world rebuild. Then we decided we were too good for that crap and started outsourcing... Well - what'd we expect? China beat us at our own game. There are 4 times as many Chinese people, the government controls *everything*, and they don't give a crap about trashing the environment in the process of becoming a superpower. How do you compete with that? Oh, I know! IP (imaginary property)... that'll work - or not.
I heard about the chair throwing, but shooting people? Balmer has gone too far!
Pretty sure he didn't say, "ZOMG! LOOKS AT THIS NEW TECH!" He just said it was cooler... and provided a link so you'd know what he was referring to. Nothing wrong with that. Personally, I happen to agree with him. That was the first thing that came to mind when I read about this new project too.
In Soviet Russia, chance misses you!
Where's the +1 Kick Ass when you need it...?
Those drawings are made by 1337 haxorz! how dare you question their quality! You will be getting teh haxed soon!
*sigh*. If I had a dollar for every time some teenager asked me for "codes" or "script" to pimp out their MyCrap page I'd be a millionaire. When I was that age I used a real browser... like Lynx. Now if I could just get them to stay offa my lawn...
Sounds about right... I don't have any modpoints though and you insulted Apple so you'll probably just get modded flamebait. Sorry!
The thing I really dislike about touchscreens is the lack of tactile feedback. My friend's phone doesn't have a touchscreen but its got "touch buttons" that basically act the same way. It's *really* annoying. You can inadvertently hit a button without knowing it because there's no way to feel a button press. Personally, I think that that's the reason we don't see a slew of touch sensitive PC keyboards. The lack of tactile feedback would make typing awful.
That was my thought as well. I had always thought that the entire *reason* Gitmo existed was because it was outside our country and therefore beyond our laws. IANAL though so...
Yeah... don't count on it staying that way. There are already clowns calling for a constitutional amendment. Incredible how quickly an amendment is called for so that we can hold people indefinitely and treat them in any manner the gov't sees fit.
Suspicious to someone that knows what they're doing... Border jockey's aren't computer geniuses - if they were, they probably wouldn't be working at the border. You could probably get away with just enabling "Guest" and then logging onto your machine as "Guest". Throw a few dummy word docs and crap onto the desktop to make it look like you actually use it. done. If they're actually smart enough to notice that other user accounts exist on the machine just act dumb.
...you sit in a chair for 5-7 hours a day. 5-7 hours? That's it!? You leaveI didn't say you had to carry it around all the time. You leave it on your desk at home / work. It's a lot more convenient than pulling out someone else's optical drive out of their desktop.
Yeah... getting an external USB DVD Drive is *so* expensive... I'm not sure how I was able to buy one for my wife... oh, wait, maybe I just spent $50 at newegg.