No they can't actually, that's the opposite of what "smart" means.
No-one makes smart decisions all the time. Even if in theory you would make smart decisions every time, it's always based on the current situation and current knowledge (which could be misleading).
(What about 'Intelligent people can make very dumb choices in life'?)
I think you're confusing controversy with offence. Shit my dad says might be more offensive, but $#*! my dad says is causing this discussion, so it's likely more controversial. Not to mention the potential to be interpreted as fuck my dad, or something else.
You don't think there wouldn't be similar discussion if they had gone with 'shit'?
And anyway, the whole thing is stupid. They are filling in the offending word themselves, so they should be complaining about their broken brains if they get offended.
Being so stupid as to say dumb things on Facebook without realising her words could come back to bite her might be good grounds for not employing her in the first place.
I think you'll find that [the Universe/saying dumb things] pretty much covers [everything/everyone]
Parent is modded funny (and I think that was discord5's intention), but some people like myself have a low threshold of heat pain. I've taken crotch shots, broken bones, and blinding headaches, and come away mostly none the worse for wear.
Are you sure you're following instructions properly when cooking?
Maybe the government should step in and put and end to this situation themselves.
So long as they send the bill to BP and not the taxpayers, I'm for it.
I would think that at this point (and before..) the cost to taxpayers is greater if the oil continues to spill than if your government manages to do something about it. Hell, ask EU countries to fix it for you, I'm willing to pay my fractional piece of the cost.
Although I find it doubtful that there's any suitable equipment nearby. This costs talk is just pissing me off. Punish BP all you want afterwards, but please just fix the situation.
the iPad DOES replace a PC for a large amount of people. Take off your slashdot-coloured glasses, and you'll realize that most non-technicals just use their PC to update their facebook, surf the web, and jot a few quick emails.
The results of this experiment will be a perfectly statistical model of the ideal female for 20-30 year old guys living in their parents' basement who could only dream of even the ugliest of those bodies.
I thought those pictures were taken of them. Perhaps at an airport.
In your theory they first get a phone without getting caught and then release the phone to people who will make it a media event
You, and the idiot who moderated my above comment, are not paying attention. I mean that they dissect the phone, then they give the phone to people who will make it a media event. That person gets in trouble, not the anonymous provider of the phone. Are you a fucking moron? They have plots more complicated than this in Star Wars movies.
I'm sorry, but please read your own signature. The problem I see with your theory is that while the person who will make it a media event will indeed get in trouble, Apple will still be interested in the events that lead to that person getting the phone. And now they can trace the events from two directions instead of just starting from the person who lost (or something) the phone. (Who could have said [for example] that s/he flushed it by accident and no-one could prove otherwise ^.^)
And while your comment a few levels above isn't exactly a troll, your style of expressing your views is rather strong.
In your theory they first get a phone without getting caught and then release the phone to people who will make it a media event. Doesn't this increase the pressure (and chances, as now it's known where the phone is) to find out how and where the phone disappeared in the first place... Wouldn't it be safer for them to either keep the phone or destroy it?
Ever heard of misdirection? Guess not. Hey, what's that over there?
Right. So instead of stealing one phone they can open and disassemble totally, they steal several and put those on sale, because that's safer for them? Quite a misdirection.
- An inside job, or some otherwise corporate espionage thing. I don't see what they would gain here other than seeing what Apple's internals look like a few weeks early, which wouldn't help them rush a product to market ahead of Apple.
I would think that corporate espionage people would not rely on random websites on opening and distributing pictures about the internals
It's not a joke. It's an insightful (for given value of insightful) comment about the morality (and such) of selling stuff for the purpose of harming others. The OP can correct me if I'm wrong.
(And there are rather few things you don't joke about.)
I allocated some of the money to the developers because I wanted to reward them for their work. Personally having EFF bundled in the offer helped my decision. I think the concept is awesome. Make a donation and select how much money goes to where.
Now would be a great time for these organizations to get together and create a webpage for donations. I assume that a lot of people are lazy rather than cheap (and would find customizing the donation interesting as well).
1. You're saying that they were lying when they said that they had practice mission in Nothern Finland. And lied that even short missions can cause problems when they released photos about the engines.
No, I'm saying I saw only one source claiming they were on Northern Finland. Maybe they were further north, in the arctic.
And I'm sure they're being 100% honest about the engine photos.
Well. The original source is the Finnish Airforce. And plese do check the map. Further North doesn't really cut it. Yes, I saw the flightplan map, where the Iceland was 1380 miles away. To the West of Finland, through both Sweden and Norway.
A part of story behind the photos was that they said that even a short flight was problematic. I don't think a flight to Iceland and back would count as one.
2. You think that they _could_ lie about it and not get caught. Do you have any idea how closely airspace is being scrutinized?
Depends on altitude, artic monitoring and radar signature of the F-18. I'm not sure they ask civilian ATC for clearance...
You generally don't fly your military jets through other countries. For example, it gets to the news if a Russian fighter goes 300 meters deep in Finnish airspace. Has happened a few times.
1. You're saying that they were lying when they said that they had practice mission in Nothern Finland. And lied that even short missions can cause problems when they released photos about the engines.
2. You think that they _could_ lie about it and not get caught. Do you have any idea how closely airspace is being scrutinized?
And here's the gotcha, they never disclosed how close to the volcano the finn planes were.
Umm. They disclosed that they were doing training missions in northern parts of Finland while the airspace was still open to all. I'm not sure what makes this a gotcha.
I enjoyed your arguments, although I don't quite agree with your conclusions
Especially the one about accuracy. I'm pretty accurate with pen(cil), a lot more than with fingers alone. (mostly because they are huge in comparison). For example I can (and used to) write very tiny letters by hand... Nowadays I'm writing a bit more conventional sized text, but the point stands. Try writing on the table with your finger and consider the size of the text you would be generating. (And if I'm rambling, sorry about that, I'm having a break from coding and it's a bit late.)
And while I haven't spent all my life playing FPS games, I've played some, and (perhaps relatedly) I'm somewhat accurate with mouse. (Which is why I hate my current 'dual engine (laptop) laser mouse' since it's horrible and erratic). And having used computers and touchscreen things with and without stylus, I'm sure that I'm most accurate with mouse, and more accurate with stylus than with plain touchscreen.
And while most of the times it's great that you don't need to be accurate and can use your fingers for the task (for example, when changing a song on mp3 player), I don't think I'm ever going to buy an advanced touchscreen thing that doesn't come with a stylus. For example I want to use a 'pen' when writing handwritten notes (a real-world convention).
Maybe you lose the frame of reference that people have built up around "computers", but you potentially gain the frame of reference that people have built up around "touching things". I think that's why Apple encouraged developers to make their apps look like real physical things. Like the note-taking application looks like a notebook and the calendar app kind of looks like a date book. I think Apple is actively trying to strip away some of the computing conventions and replace them with real-world conventions.
I doubt that it's a case of stripping away computer conventions and more of a case of prettifying the applications. (I'm all for it.)
Having no air traffic in (several parts of) Europe is something that matters to quite many people (and perhaps some Americans as well[*]). I wonder if my parents-in-law will get back here on Saturday or if they are stranded in France. ^.^
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>Smart people can make very dumb choices in life
No they can't actually, that's the opposite of what "smart" means.
No-one makes smart decisions all the time. Even if in theory you would make smart decisions every time, it's always based on the current situation and current knowledge (which could be misleading).
(What about 'Intelligent people can make very dumb choices in life'?)
I think you're confusing controversy with offence. Shit my dad says might be more offensive, but $#*! my dad says is causing this discussion, so it's likely more controversial. Not to mention the potential to be interpreted as fuck my dad, or something else.
You don't think there wouldn't be similar discussion if they had gone with 'shit'?
And anyway, the whole thing is stupid. They are filling in the offending word themselves, so they should be complaining about their broken brains if they get offended.
Being so stupid as to say dumb things on Facebook without realising her words could come back to bite her might be good grounds for not employing her in the first place.
I think you'll find that [the Universe/saying dumb things] pretty much covers [everything/everyone]
Parent is modded funny (and I think that was discord5's intention), but some people like myself have a low threshold of heat pain. I've taken crotch shots, broken bones, and blinding headaches, and come away mostly none the worse for wear.
Are you sure you're following instructions properly when cooking?
Maybe the government should step in and put and end to this situation themselves.
So long as they send the bill to BP and not the taxpayers, I'm for it.
I would think that at this point (and before..) the cost to taxpayers is greater if the oil continues to spill than if your government manages to do something about it. Hell, ask EU countries to fix it for you, I'm willing to pay my fractional piece of the cost.
Although I find it doubtful that there's any suitable equipment nearby. This costs talk is just pissing me off. Punish BP all you want afterwards, but please just fix the situation.
[/rant] Sorry about that.
the iPad DOES replace a PC for a large amount of people. Take off your slashdot-coloured glasses, and you'll realize that most non-technicals just use their PC to update their facebook, surf the web, and jot a few quick emails.
But will they write their blogs with iPads?
He didn't even say porn is a bad thing. He said porn in his app store is a bad thing.
And implied that Android is a bad thing because you can get porn on it. I guess that applies to Maemo as well.
The results of this experiment will be a perfectly statistical model of the ideal female for 20-30 year old guys living in their parents' basement who could only dream of even the ugliest of those bodies.
I thought those pictures were taken of them. Perhaps at an airport.
In your theory they first get a phone without getting caught and then release the phone to people who will make it a media event
You, and the idiot who moderated my above comment, are not paying attention. I mean that they dissect the phone, then they give the phone to people who will make it a media event. That person gets in trouble, not the anonymous provider of the phone. Are you a fucking moron? They have plots more complicated than this in Star Wars movies.
I'm sorry, but please read your own signature. The problem I see with your theory is that while the person who will make it a media event will indeed get in trouble, Apple will still be interested in the events that lead to that person getting the phone. And now they can trace the events from two directions instead of just starting from the person who lost (or something) the phone. (Who could have said [for example] that s/he flushed it by accident and no-one could prove otherwise ^.^)
And while your comment a few levels above isn't exactly a troll, your style of expressing your views is rather strong.
In your theory they first get a phone without getting caught and then release the phone to people who will make it a media event. Doesn't this increase the pressure (and chances, as now it's known where the phone is) to find out how and where the phone disappeared in the first place... Wouldn't it be safer for them to either keep the phone or destroy it?
Ever heard of misdirection? Guess not. Hey, what's that over there?
Right. So instead of stealing one phone they can open and disassemble totally, they steal several and put those on sale, because that's safer for them? Quite a misdirection.
- An inside job, or some otherwise corporate espionage thing. I don't see what they would gain here other than seeing what Apple's internals look like a few weeks early, which wouldn't help them rush a product to market ahead of Apple.
I would think that corporate espionage people would not rely on random websites on opening and distributing pictures about the internals
It's not a joke. It's an insightful (for given value of insightful) comment about the morality (and such) of selling stuff for the purpose of harming others. The OP can correct me if I'm wrong.
(And there are rather few things you don't joke about.)
I allocated some of the money to the developers because I wanted to reward them for their work. Personally having EFF bundled in the offer helped my decision. I think the concept is awesome. Make a donation and select how much money goes to where.
Now would be a great time for these organizations to get together and create a webpage for donations. I assume that a lot of people are lazy rather than cheap (and would find customizing the donation interesting as well).
Nokia's N8 will support MKV as well. (No idea about other phones. I'd think N900 supports it?)
My god those are big microbes. (Pity the title seems to take an alternative view on the issue)
You do realize that I didn't answer to theshowmecanuck? Please check the structure of the thread.
Kind regards, Mr. Asshat
And if your starting point is Nothern Finland, to get to Iceland you need to go quite a lot to the west, and a bit to the south...
(Unless there's another vulcano on the North Pole ^.^)
So
1. You're saying that they were lying when they said that they had practice mission in Nothern Finland. And lied that even short missions can cause problems when they released photos about the engines.
No, I'm saying I saw only one source claiming they were on Northern Finland. Maybe they were further north, in the arctic.
And I'm sure they're being 100% honest about the engine photos.
Well. The original source is the Finnish Airforce. And plese do check the map. Further North doesn't really cut it. Yes, I saw the flightplan map, where the Iceland was 1380 miles away. To the West of Finland, through both Sweden and Norway.
A part of story behind the photos was that they said that even a short flight was problematic. I don't think a flight to Iceland and back would count as one.
2. You think that they _could_ lie about it and not get caught. Do you have any idea how closely airspace is being scrutinized?
Depends on altitude, artic monitoring and radar signature of the F-18. I'm not sure they ask civilian ATC for clearance...
You generally don't fly your military jets through other countries. For example, it gets to the news if a Russian fighter goes 300 meters deep in Finnish airspace. Has happened a few times.
The thing is, currently it's mainly blowing East. What happens when the wind blows to South?
So
1. You're saying that they were lying when they said that they had practice mission in Nothern Finland. And lied that even short missions can cause problems when they released photos about the engines.
2. You think that they _could_ lie about it and not get caught. Do you have any idea how closely airspace is being scrutinized?
Well. Now's a good chance to check Google Maps. Or some other map-thing.
And here's the gotcha, they never disclosed how close to the volcano the finn planes were.
Umm. They disclosed that they were doing training missions in northern parts of Finland while the airspace was still open to all. I'm not sure what makes this a gotcha.
I enjoyed your arguments, although I don't quite agree with your conclusions
Especially the one about accuracy. I'm pretty accurate with pen(cil), a lot more than with fingers alone. (mostly because they are huge in comparison). For example I can (and used to) write very tiny letters by hand... Nowadays I'm writing a bit more conventional sized text, but the point stands. Try writing on the table with your finger and consider the size of the text you would be generating. (And if I'm rambling, sorry about that, I'm having a break from coding and it's a bit late.)
And while I haven't spent all my life playing FPS games, I've played some, and (perhaps relatedly) I'm somewhat accurate with mouse. (Which is why I hate my current 'dual engine (laptop) laser mouse' since it's horrible and erratic). And having used computers and touchscreen things with and without stylus, I'm sure that I'm most accurate with mouse, and more accurate with stylus than with plain touchscreen.
And while most of the times it's great that you don't need to be accurate and can use your fingers for the task (for example, when changing a song on mp3 player), I don't think I'm ever going to buy an advanced touchscreen thing that doesn't come with a stylus. For example I want to use a 'pen' when writing handwritten notes (a real-world convention).
Maybe you lose the frame of reference that people have built up around "computers", but you potentially gain the frame of reference that people have built up around "touching things". I think that's why Apple encouraged developers to make their apps look like real physical things. Like the note-taking application looks like a notebook and the calendar app kind of looks like a date book. I think Apple is actively trying to strip away some of the computing conventions and replace them with real-world conventions.
I doubt that it's a case of stripping away computer conventions and more of a case of prettifying the applications. (I'm all for it.)
Oh. I'm most likely not a badass. ^.^
Having no air traffic in (several parts of) Europe is something that matters to quite many people (and perhaps some Americans as well[*]). I wonder if my parents-in-law will get back here on Saturday or if they are stranded in France. ^.^
[*] imagine something funny or apologetical here