On the street? When I was in college the concern was walking home a lone in a dark path in the woods on campus. Or walking through a darkened area of campus in order to get to the badly lit parking lot. Especially when there have been reports of rape occuring on campus at night.
As a man, I would say there are parts of inner urban areas where I would not want to walk alone, and many parts of rural areas where I don't want to walk on the road because of dogs. It makes sense to have a friend go with you.
Yes and no. It wasn't really outlawed though there have been some cases where overzealous local politicians or social workers have accused parents of child endangerment because of this. I don't know if anyone was actually convicted of it. So the law is a clarification.
When I subscribed to DirecTV (about a year ago?) it was $70 a month for me. Why would I want to pay $100 a month now for less service? $8 for Netflix is just fine for me.
Well, I've got 8.1. I don't mind it. But what's the point of going from there to Windows 10, other than the tried and true Microsoft marketing mantra of "you'll have to upgrade someday so you may as well get it done while it's still free"?
I hate the registry. It causes places like Microsoft to overuse that concept to an extreme. On the other hand, I like the registry, because it makes it easy to overrule Microsoft's ridiculous decisions.
If they wanted to force something on us AND if they had a clue, they wouldn't use the registry for this. But they're so married to the idea of using the registry to do everything that they've never considered the option of not using it.
I think people are confusing OSX with iOS, desktop versus phone. But that's understandable, because Microsoft is also confused by the difference between a desktop and a smartphone.
Anti abortion but also opposed to spending government money on orphanages, highly critical of government regulations with foster homes, want to remove welfare benefits to single mothers, etc.
Not all of them mind. There are, or at least used to be, social conservatives who are willing to see the consequences. I had a conservative relative once who proclaimed that she was for free condoms in school, which shocked others in the family. But she was a OB/Gyn nurse who saw lots of pregnant kids and knew it was impossible to just each abstinence and hope that it works.
Disco was.. alright. I wasn't in to any current music at the time myself. In my view the people most disgusted with disco were those really into a harder rock style which I liked even less.
I liked punk, but I didn't like it because I wanted a rebellion against disco or existing music. That's far too parochial, liking only one type of music and feeling compelled to bash any style that's different to prove your loyalty. On my iPod I've got some pop, rock, disco, ska, reggae, new wave, classical, baroque, and scores from video gams.
The problem with disco is that too many groups got labeled as disco unfairly. Ie, anything danceable with a snappy beat in the late 70s was called disco.
Reminds me of this exchange I heard once. I actually transcribed it to get it right. The radio show's topic was about the death of Nelson Mandela:
Host: let's go to in San Francisco
Caller: Um ya, I had a question.. Caller: I also just want to comment on what an amazing... Caller: not only peacemaker he was but also actor as well in Caller: Shawshank Redemption and Bruce Almighty Caller: but to achieve greatness in both realms is amazing, Caller: but also how can kids relate presently...
Host: I think you're thinking of the actor who played Mandela Host: in the 2010 movie, not Mandela himself, but go ahead...
Caller: Um well.. how can kids relate to.. him present..ly.. Caller: uh never mind
Exactly. He wasn't just a pop musician or a rock musician or whatever. He was always reinventing what he did and putting a lot of work into it. Even if you don't like his work you can tell that he wasn't just churning out another album in order to wait for checks to come in, he took his job making music seriously. And he didn't just do music, he did lots of performance in his concerts, he was an actor, he produced for other musicians, etc. His look too; he had Ziggy Stardust with an androgynous look, to a long haired hippy look, to a very serious and professional look.
I remember him doing a great Christmas duet with Bing Crosby.
The WiFi security isn't the best. But beyond that this is only a link layer security, it does not deal with security once a packet is already on the air. You need security from endpoint all the way to the back office and if that is strong then you don't need the link layer security except to prevent localized disruptions (fake APs, etc).
It's a real thing though, remote configuration and monitoring of traffic lights, and wireless or wireless mesh is an approach actively being considered and implemented. That's why security is important, and better security than WiFi Alliance's WPA/WPA2 stuff. Generally this stuff is not on the "internet" despite the fashionable idea of calling these sorts of things "IoT".
The most ridiculous ones are showing up on youtube. I have twice seen non-skippable ads show before videos tha are movie previews. As in, have to watch the ads before you can see the ads.
Not sure. Pages aren't completely blank but generally only have a header from whatever site it is but the article is blank. I'd have to start browsing random sites again to find one. And I have no idea how to enable/disable css. Just reporting that when I browse normally with noscript I see pages without the main body of the text until I start enabling scripts one by one.
True, you can voluntarily avoid features rather than try to have a real standard. I'd much prefer a C++ lite style but too often your project gains a member who can't write a line of code without having a template for it or insisting that they must use Boost or ACE.
Except that DRM hurts legal owners of the games as well. DRM is not copy protection, it also includes restrictions on where, when, and how you can play the game. Since most DRM games are cracked very quickly the point was never to stop piracy but to stop reselling the game for a cheaper price (which is allowed legally in most countries).
This happened with George H. W. Bush. No new taxes as a campaign promise, but while in office his job was to stop campaigning and start governing, so it was best for the country to have the taxes. However that angered so many people that it emboldened the true believers and led to the Newt Gingrich "revolution" and even today's far right anti-tax/anti-government/anti-moderates approach is fallout from that decision.
That time spent doing something else might be time spent not earning any money. Ie, I was going to watch TV but instead I waste several hours getting the TV to work. Is it worth $100 to get back a few hours of TV slacker time? If so it explains how cable companies get away with their high subscription rates.
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On the street? When I was in college the concern was walking home a lone in a dark path in the woods on campus. Or walking through a darkened area of campus in order to get to the badly lit parking lot. Especially when there have been reports of rape occuring on campus at night.
As a man, I would say there are parts of inner urban areas where I would not want to walk alone, and many parts of rural areas where I don't want to walk on the road because of dogs. It makes sense to have a friend go with you.
Yes and no. It wasn't really outlawed though there have been some cases where overzealous local politicians or social workers have accused parents of child endangerment because of this. I don't know if anyone was actually convicted of it. So the law is a clarification.
When I subscribed to DirecTV (about a year ago?) it was $70 a month for me. Why would I want to pay $100 a month now for less service? $8 for Netflix is just fine for me.
Well, I've got 8.1. I don't mind it. But what's the point of going from there to Windows 10, other than the tried and true Microsoft marketing mantra of "you'll have to upgrade someday so you may as well get it done while it's still free"?
I hate the registry. It causes places like Microsoft to overuse that concept to an extreme. On the other hand, I like the registry, because it makes it easy to overrule Microsoft's ridiculous decisions.
If they wanted to force something on us AND if they had a clue, they wouldn't use the registry for this. But they're so married to the idea of using the registry to do everything that they've never considered the option of not using it.
I think people are confusing OSX with iOS, desktop versus phone. But that's understandable, because Microsoft is also confused by the difference between a desktop and a smartphone.
Anti abortion but also opposed to spending government money on orphanages, highly critical of government regulations with foster homes, want to remove welfare benefits to single mothers, etc.
Not all of them mind. There are, or at least used to be, social conservatives who are willing to see the consequences. I had a conservative relative once who proclaimed that she was for free condoms in school, which shocked others in the family. But she was a OB/Gyn nurse who saw lots of pregnant kids and knew it was impossible to just each abstinence and hope that it works.
Kanye, is that you?
Disco was.. alright. I wasn't in to any current music at the time myself. In my view the people most disgusted with disco were those really into a harder rock style which I liked even less.
I liked punk, but I didn't like it because I wanted a rebellion against disco or existing music. That's far too parochial, liking only one type of music and feeling compelled to bash any style that's different to prove your loyalty. On my iPod I've got some pop, rock, disco, ska, reggae, new wave, classical, baroque, and scores from video gams.
The problem with disco is that too many groups got labeled as disco unfairly. Ie, anything danceable with a snappy beat in the late 70s was called disco.
Linda Ronstadt is hosting a Mariachi event every year. She still sounds amazing too.
Bowie I don't think did "what the public wanted". If he only did what the public wanted he wouldn't have changed styles so much.
Reminds me of this exchange I heard once. I actually transcribed it to get it right.
The radio show's topic was about the death of Nelson Mandela:
Host: let's go to in San Francisco
Caller: Um ya, I had a question.. ... ...
Caller: I also just want to comment on what an amazing
Caller: not only peacemaker he was but also actor as well in
Caller: Shawshank Redemption and Bruce Almighty
Caller: but to achieve greatness in both realms is amazing,
Caller: but also how can kids relate presently
Host: I think you're thinking of the actor who played Mandela ...
Host: in the 2010 movie, not Mandela himself, but go ahead
Caller: Um well .. how can kids relate to .. him present..ly ..
Caller: uh never mind
Exactly. He wasn't just a pop musician or a rock musician or whatever. He was always reinventing what he did and putting a lot of work into it. Even if you don't like his work you can tell that he wasn't just churning out another album in order to wait for checks to come in, he took his job making music seriously. And he didn't just do music, he did lots of performance in his concerts, he was an actor, he produced for other musicians, etc. His look too; he had Ziggy Stardust with an androgynous look, to a long haired hippy look, to a very serious and professional look.
I remember him doing a great Christmas duet with Bing Crosby.
Or what looked like a knife. Most likely the dolphin failed to respond when told to raise its hands.
Officer: "should I shoot?"
Dispatcher: "is it white or black?"
Officer: "it's kind of grey."
Dispatcher: "have to get back to you on that..."
The WiFi security isn't the best. But beyond that this is only a link layer security, it does not deal with security once a packet is already on the air. You need security from endpoint all the way to the back office and if that is strong then you don't need the link layer security except to prevent localized disruptions (fake APs, etc).
It's a real thing though, remote configuration and monitoring of traffic lights, and wireless or wireless mesh is an approach actively being considered and implemented. That's why security is important, and better security than WiFi Alliance's WPA/WPA2 stuff. Generally this stuff is not on the "internet" despite the fashionable idea of calling these sorts of things "IoT".
The most ridiculous ones are showing up on youtube. I have twice seen non-skippable ads show before videos tha are movie previews. As in, have to watch the ads before you can see the ads.
Yup a week or two ago was the last time I tried to go to Forbes. It refused to let you continue with adblocker and noscript on. No big loss.
But the big satellite provider went bankrupt I thought?
Not sure. Pages aren't completely blank but generally only have a header from whatever site it is but the article is blank. I'd have to start browsing random sites again to find one. And I have no idea how to enable/disable css. Just reporting that when I browse normally with noscript I see pages without the main body of the text until I start enabling scripts one by one.
True, you can voluntarily avoid features rather than try to have a real standard. I'd much prefer a C++ lite style but too often your project gains a member who can't write a line of code without having a template for it or insisting that they must use Boost or ACE.
You never know with the certainty to satisfy all doubters, which is why conspiracy theories will always exist.
Not true. I have no script and many very common sites are completely blank until I turn on some scripts.
Except that DRM hurts legal owners of the games as well. DRM is not copy protection, it also includes restrictions on where, when, and how you can play the game. Since most DRM games are cracked very quickly the point was never to stop piracy but to stop reselling the game for a cheaper price (which is allowed legally in most countries).
This happened with George H. W. Bush. No new taxes as a campaign promise, but while in office his job was to stop campaigning and start governing, so it was best for the country to have the taxes. However that angered so many people that it emboldened the true believers and led to the Newt Gingrich "revolution" and even today's far right anti-tax/anti-government/anti-moderates approach is fallout from that decision.
That time spent doing something else might be time spent not earning any money. Ie, I was going to watch TV but instead I waste several hours getting the TV to work. Is it worth $100 to get back a few hours of TV slacker time? If so it explains how cable companies get away with their high subscription rates.