Err, because laptops actually completely suck for using in your lap?
WTF? Please explain.
Showing people photos? Reading anywhere? Heck, just picking up and putting down?
They're not as convenient for these things as tablets, but can work just fine. The ideal device would be a convertible laptop. Only slightly thicker than a tablet, but with the keyboard and I/O capabilities of a laptop.
The tablet, even if able to run a full PC OS, can only do a subset of the things a laptop can do, and the only upside it gets in return is a touchscreen and a more convenient form factor...which convertible laptops already have.
Or, it's only a matter of time until wearing "Lucha Libre [wikipedia.org]"-style masks on all social occasions, because everybody is just fed up of being publicly outed for anything silly they've done, lose jobs because of party-behaviours while on week-end etc.
This was already pioneered by frat boy pig masks, that let your friends safely take videos of you fucking some slut in the middle of a room. Just that now you need them for...pretty much everything.
Does it even matter if the officer has a Facebook login? I've never had one but there are pics of me on Facebook tagged with my real name. From that point there's nothing technical keeping Facebook from auto-tagging pics of me wherever I appear on Facebook. It could see my face again and apply the same label people have applied to that face in the past.
I was worried about this happening from around 2005, the technology's here now...
He used a commercial VPN? Haha I didn't realize he was an idiot.
A commercial VPN is only slightly better than a direct connection from home. A random Proxy server would be a better option. Tor is a good option. A proxy chain with Tor in it is an excellent option and costs nothing.
Thank you for replying, that demonstrates an open mind!
I post as I've been a 'tech lover' for a while and am always looking at ways to use technology in the best and safest means to help my patients. I've had some people from here "Friend" me on FaceBook, in fact someone bought me a Subscription to the blog. I posted about it in my Slashdot Journal.
If just one person takes my advice and helps their health it's all been worth it. And I have a thick skin, I've been called all sorts of horrible things.:)
Now I'm thinking he's a real chiropractic guy who honestly believes this stuff. I feel a little bad about hurting his feelings. But if he is a troll, he must be rolling on the ground and pissing himself right now. And he would deserve those lulz. But he's really swaying me back towards thinking he's not a troll.
He later pointed out that it is bad Internet etiquette to post private emails. Well yes, but I did at least make sure nothing personal was in there, but Internet etiquette goes right out the window out in these here parts, sorry. If this was 4chan he'd be getting death threats over the phone and his children would be getting pics of strange men's penises in their email by now, so, consider it a lesson.
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Either this guy is real or he is the best troll in Internet history. Even if he is a troll, I think this performance deserves a serious reply, so I will send him this:
If this is true then why do you post on Slashdot? You do realize that site is caters to and is full of people who are...extremely skeptical of the basis of your profession, to put it mildly. You've become a laughing stock to most users there.
There are a few of your posts that are so over-the-top ridiculous, including this one, that they reveal you're actually a very dedicated troll and not a real chiropractic voodoo doctor who actually believes this stuff.
Not to discourage you, I find this hilarious, keep it up XD
Is climate science really that "closed?" I don't think it's any more "closed" than other fields, there's just more scrutiny on it. Try getting, I dunno, original Hubble dumps and the source code used on the satellite. If you can't, is space a lie!?!? Inquiring minds want to know!
And 99% of climate "skeptics" are really just deniers. They call themselves informed skeptics but clearly have done little to no research. A skeptic tries to answer their own questions.
Also where did I say deniers = creationists or call anyone specific a denier? There's definitely irony in your post.
Most deniers do now admit that the earth is warming. Just not that human activity is causing it, and therefore, there's no need to do anything about it;)
See, it's, uh, the sun! Or volcanoes! Or space radiation interacting with the upper atmosphere! Not the greenhouse effect though, that's highly questionable.
(actually I don't know what excuse they're on these days, all of those have been disproven. They may have fallen back to their weapon of last resort, The Global Socialist Conspiracy theory)
More and more of the data is being released every day. The source code for many climate simulators is open, including NASA's.
If it could be confirmed that 99.99% of all climate-related data and source code were publicly available and there was one website where you could find convenient links to it, the deniers would all focus on the 0.01%. Like creationism, they'll always try to jam god (or uncertainty) into the gaps, no matter how small they become.
Well a good first step might be to stop belching so much of it into the atmosphere. So, replace coal plants with nuclear plants, a great first step. Another easy target is cars, electric cars will just be a better deal in a few years so there might not even be a need to take any action, for once the free market may actually sort something out. Another big offending form of transportation is the Asian 2-Stroke Motor Scooter. We gotta get them onto 4-strokes somehow but the people riding these are dirt freaking poor and have more immediate problems to worry about. They do seem to be going for electric scooters these days. But hey, we took care of the two easy ones so let's move on.
Next step, stop destroying the mechanisms that store and convert CO2 into less harmful substances. I know people have been saying this since before many of us were born and it's getting old now but rainforests are still being destroyed. Maybe if the US military ever extracts itself from the various middle-eastern quagmires they can offer Brazil some help? Hey if you're gonna waste money sending them off to do *something,* might as well be something helpful right?
Okay so we've cut down fossil carbon spewage dramatically and we're improving the planet's natural capacity to sequester it. Maybe if we're feeling ambitious we can start pulling CO2 out of the air and putting it back into the ground. Maybe try some intentional reforestation.
In the long term, the planet will be uninhabitable (especially if we trigger a mass extinction through ocean acidification). So...most of the known life in the universe.
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The problem with native apps is that they lock people into specific platforms, or at least require commercial support for each platform.
But I can see how you could consider client apps to be better than web apps if you believe in a One True Platform future.
Err, because laptops actually completely suck for using in your lap?
WTF? Please explain.
Showing people photos? Reading anywhere? Heck, just picking up and putting down?
They're not as convenient for these things as tablets, but can work just fine. The ideal device would be a convertible laptop. Only slightly thicker than a tablet, but with the keyboard and I/O capabilities of a laptop.
The tablet, even if able to run a full PC OS, can only do a subset of the things a laptop can do, and the only upside it gets in return is a touchscreen and a more convenient form factor...which convertible laptops already have.
Why not just install VLC? That's the only media player I've used for at least the last 5 years.
Stop giving him lulz. Just ignore him.
Or, it's only a matter of time until wearing "Lucha Libre [wikipedia.org]"-style masks on all social occasions, because everybody is just fed up of being publicly outed for anything silly they've done, lose jobs because of party-behaviours while on week-end etc.
This was already pioneered by frat boy pig masks, that let your friends safely take videos of you fucking some slut in the middle of a room. Just that now you need them for...pretty much everything.
Does it even matter if the officer has a Facebook login? I've never had one but there are pics of me on Facebook tagged with my real name. From that point there's nothing technical keeping Facebook from auto-tagging pics of me wherever I appear on Facebook. It could see my face again and apply the same label people have applied to that face in the past.
I was worried about this happening from around 2005, the technology's here now...
Check the other story on the front page.
He used a commercial VPN? Haha I didn't realize he was an idiot.
A commercial VPN is only slightly better than a direct connection from home. A random Proxy server would be a better option. Tor is a good option. A proxy chain with Tor in it is an excellent option and costs nothing.
Take a look around this site Mr. Troll:
http://www.shapeways.com/gallery?mg%5Bsearch%5D%5Bcategories%5D=21&mg%5Bsearch%5D%5Bclear%5D
Impressed yet?
Oh! Oh! Here it is:
Thank you for replying, that demonstrates an open mind!
I post as I've been a 'tech lover' for a while and am always looking at ways to use technology in the best and safest means to help my patients. I've had some people from here "Friend" me on FaceBook, in fact someone bought me a Subscription to the blog. I posted about it in my Slashdot Journal.
If just one person takes my advice and helps their health it's all been worth it. And I have a thick skin, I've been called all sorts of horrible things. :)
Now I'm thinking he's a real chiropractic guy who honestly believes this stuff. I feel a little bad about hurting his feelings. But if he is a troll, he must be rolling on the ground and pissing himself right now. And he would deserve those lulz. But he's really swaying me back towards thinking he's not a troll.
He later pointed out that it is bad Internet etiquette to post private emails. Well yes, but I did at least make sure nothing personal was in there, but Internet etiquette goes right out the window out in these here parts, sorry. If this was 4chan he'd be getting death threats over the phone and his children would be getting pics of strange men's penises in their email by now, so, consider it a lesson.
I feel the need to post this here. Minutes ago I received this email from Dr. Bob himself:
Sorry for writing you like this but I cannot post any more replies (thanks to all the voting down of my posts by the Big Pharmacy shills)
I'd like to let you know that I'm completely serious. If you'd like to follow me on FaceBook, I'm at:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002475387056
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Either this guy is real or he is the best troll in Internet history. Even if he is a troll, I think this performance deserves a serious reply, so I will send him this:
If this is true then why do you post on Slashdot? You do realize that site is caters to and is full of people who are...extremely skeptical of the basis of your profession, to put it mildly. You've become a laughing stock to most users there.
Can't wait to see his reply.
There are a few of your posts that are so over-the-top ridiculous, including this one, that they reveal you're actually a very dedicated troll and not a real chiropractic voodoo doctor who actually believes this stuff.
Not to discourage you, I find this hilarious, keep it up XD
Is climate science really that "closed?" I don't think it's any more "closed" than other fields, there's just more scrutiny on it. Try getting, I dunno, original Hubble dumps and the source code used on the satellite. If you can't, is space a lie!?!? Inquiring minds want to know!
And 99% of climate "skeptics" are really just deniers. They call themselves informed skeptics but clearly have done little to no research. A skeptic tries to answer their own questions.
Also where did I say deniers = creationists or call anyone specific a denier? There's definitely irony in your post.
You can recycle or safely dispose of batteries, the toxic contents aren't released into the atmosphere over the life of the vehicle.
Most deniers do now admit that the earth is warming. Just not that human activity is causing it, and therefore, there's no need to do anything about it ;)
See, it's, uh, the sun! Or volcanoes! Or space radiation interacting with the upper atmosphere! Not the greenhouse effect though, that's highly questionable.
(actually I don't know what excuse they're on these days, all of those have been disproven. They may have fallen back to their weapon of last resort, The Global Socialist Conspiracy theory)
So you believe global warming is in some sort of quantum state, like the health of Schrodinger's Cat?
More and more of the data is being released every day. The source code for many climate simulators is open, including NASA's.
If it could be confirmed that 99.99% of all climate-related data and source code were publicly available and there was one website where you could find convenient links to it, the deniers would all focus on the 0.01%. Like creationism, they'll always try to jam god (or uncertainty) into the gaps, no matter how small they become.
Hahaha nice, I should try that, it would create a runaway reaction of infinite stupidity XD
It will either end with epic lulz or form a stupidity singularity that will consume the planet. Fun times, either way.
Well a good first step might be to stop belching so much of it into the atmosphere. So, replace coal plants with nuclear plants, a great first step. Another easy target is cars, electric cars will just be a better deal in a few years so there might not even be a need to take any action, for once the free market may actually sort something out. Another big offending form of transportation is the Asian 2-Stroke Motor Scooter. We gotta get them onto 4-strokes somehow but the people riding these are dirt freaking poor and have more immediate problems to worry about. They do seem to be going for electric scooters these days. But hey, we took care of the two easy ones so let's move on.
Next step, stop destroying the mechanisms that store and convert CO2 into less harmful substances. I know people have been saying this since before many of us were born and it's getting old now but rainforests are still being destroyed. Maybe if the US military ever extracts itself from the various middle-eastern quagmires they can offer Brazil some help? Hey if you're gonna waste money sending them off to do *something,* might as well be something helpful right?
Okay so we've cut down fossil carbon spewage dramatically and we're improving the planet's natural capacity to sequester it. Maybe if we're feeling ambitious we can start pulling CO2 out of the air and putting it back into the ground. Maybe try some intentional reforestation.
One can't help but have a little terrifying respect for just how well the FUD machine can work.
It's like biology. I should really be amazed at how it works but somehow, because it's all natural, I'm just not.
In the short term, nothing! ^_^
In the long term, the planet will be uninhabitable (especially if we trigger a mass extinction through ocean acidification). So...most of the known life in the universe.
Yeah too bad the rainforests in South America are being burned, chopped, and Agent Orange'd to death.
Thank you, was just about to post this.
Yeah, just 13 minutes a day is all it takes. Any single guy should have it covered.
Similar to the "Swedish rodeo:"
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