How is the quality of the bootleg DVD rips of the original trilogy from LD?
Not great but a degenerate collector will want them. Audio is Dolby 2.0, video is a bit grainy (it *was* laserdisc after all) but it'd be nice if the ripper ran it through some denoisers in AVISynth/VirtualDub.
Canada deals with Cuba all the time and we're the US' largest trading partner. It's a nice enough relationship that Fidel Castro came to Pierre Trudeau's funeral (he sat beside Jimmy Carter, very odd picture).
So will this render all astrological predictions which took Pluto into
account as invalid? I'm sure the kooks will come up with some excuse to
explain how their previous charts were accurate at seeing the future as if they ~knew~ this all along.
"Negotiating traffic between networks" is what a firewall does, right? And "Please don't do that" seems to not work with our summer students:) It's easy to reconfigure eMule but the remote end has to be running on that port. Regardless, the nature of our facility (biomedical research, human studies, etc.) dictates we control traffic well. By default we block all outgoing traffic except for well known services (http, https, etc.) and those allowed out are passed through a socks or squid proxy which cleans up lots of other crap.
Blocking outbound traffic has been very useful for spanking people who think running Kazaa/eMule/BitTorrent/etc. at work is a good idea. Or for blocking access to outgoing SMTP so users have to use the corporate mail box, etc..
It doesn't invalidate my claim at all. I was referring to the RightToLife kooks who say all embryos are people. They're the ones who'd leave the cooler of hundreds of "kids" to "die"
Forget where I read this but it illustrates the hypocrisy of the right-to-life kooks.
Your friend is working in an in vitro lab. The place catches fire, do you save your friend or the freezer full of frozen embryos? Most pick the friend.
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The Atheros exploit shores up OpenBSD's stance on binary "blob" drivers perfectly. EVERY OS using these binary drivers are vulnerable. OpenBSD refused to include blob, reverse engineered the drivers and wrote their own secure drivers.
End result? OpenBSD is secure while most other OSs out there are at the mercy of Atheros.
Like I said if the shoe fits wear it, which in your case if it doesn't fit *don't wear it*. My comment wasn't targeted at you directly, it was general. No I am not a microsoft support kind of guy, if you must know I am a developer (.Net and Java). Maybe your comment wasn't a rant but thats just splitting hairs. The crux of my point is that any company that encourages choice shouldn't be slagged off. Fact is in any other context/.ers scream loud and proud for freedom of choice (think music media) or freedom of expression and are all pro choice.
Fair enough. I was under the impression that you were attacking me for that one liner. The freedom thing is a bit contradictory for a lot of/.ers: they love "open source" but will use closed source drivers (ie.: nvidia or ati). That's their choice, of course, but it's bullshit that they'll call down a user for using a closed source OS in the breath after saying how great their 3D cards work in Linux. (fwiw I prefer OpenBSD on the server side of things, no closed source there)
However put MS in the picture and suddenly choice is an evil word. If ford encouraged people to drive more fuel efficient cars would they be slagged of for trying to sell more cars?
No, of course not. What MS is doing is trying to make the machine look nicer to cover up what many would consider deficiencies under the hood.
Several years ago I was returning some DVDs I had rented (this was before BitTorrent;)) and saw the clerk using Pledge on a DVD. I asked aboutit and she said it's the best way to reduce minor scratches and scuffs. I've been doing that since.
Its clearly states that it is to sell more PC's not about making 'good' computers, the tie between the OS and case was a rant brought up independant of the article.
My one line comment you felt necessary to comment on was not a "rant", it was simply a one line comment. That said, why would MS be wanting manufacturers spiffying up their PCs? To boost sales of MS software on looks rather than merit, there is a definite tie there which you seem to have missed.
Now given how much money people spend on large wheels, jewlery, makeup etc. obviously design plays into a large number of purchasing decisions.
"The dumbest by the mostest" (line from an old DK song) Regardless, they've tried fancy PCs before and all have failed. Most people want CHEAP not FANCY. FANCY will cost more money. Think of iMac clones, the move to silver cases (ala the Mac), current iPod "killers", etc. They've all failed. Most people have either a plain old black Dell box or a hand me down beige box in their homes.
Regarding the basement comment if the shoe fits wear it, I'm a bit over socially inept/.ers taking narrow minded stances simply because of a need to validate their supposed intelligence and peeer bond through critisism of a 'created enemy' that at the end of the day will influence more people than they will, and get their cash in the mean time, oh and brace yourself, a large number of those people will be content with their purchase, sorry to burst your bubble.
That whole snip is a single run-on sentence... Anyhow, I like how you can lump me in as a "socially inept/.er". What was it, my low ID? My dislike of MS? Here's a hint: I don't like Windows, I don't like Linux, I'm not a Mac fanboi (my newest Mac is an ancient PPC601 version) I'm very sociable.
And OF COURSE some people will by these fancy plastic moulded machines. Some people also buy idiotic plastic shit to rice up their Hondas (fins, fake ground effects, etc.) Those are the same type of people you're defending. I'll bet money you're a Windows support guy of some capacity.
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It's just the goatse pic with "How?" printed below it.
How is the quality of the bootleg DVD rips of the original trilogy from LD?
Not great but a degenerate collector will want them. Audio is Dolby 2.0, video is a bit grainy (it *was* laserdisc after all) but it'd be nice if the ripper ran it through some denoisers in AVISynth/VirtualDub.
Canada deals with Cuba all the time and we're the US' largest trading partner.
It's a nice enough relationship that Fidel Castro came to Pierre Trudeau's funeral (he sat beside Jimmy Carter, very odd picture).
I also downloaded 4 GB of data last night
Another 350 meg and that DVD-R will be ready! What movie?
VERY LARGE TUBES! Hey, there's already a post on google "Pluto gets demoted. What does this mean for astrology?"
Ahaha, excellent idea! You win 300 internets!
So will this render all astrological predictions which took Pluto into account as invalid? I'm sure the kooks will come up with some excuse to explain how their previous charts were accurate at seeing the future as if they ~knew~ this all along.
"Negotiating traffic between networks" is what a firewall does, right? And "Please don't do that" seems to not work with our summer students
Oh bah... Colour me "stupid" today. :)
Blocking outbound traffic has been very useful for spanking people who think running Kazaa/eMule/BitTorrent/etc. at work is a good idea. Or for blocking access to outgoing SMTP so users have to use the corporate mail box, etc..
You could have put that OpenBSD box inline as a firewall (pf is cool) and still done monitoring. Then your XP box would have been safe.
It doesn't invalidate my claim at all. I was referring to the RightToLife kooks who say all embryos are people. They're the ones who'd leave the cooler of hundreds of "kids" to "die"
The embryos are in a cooler, you can fit hundreds in one.
Day care? I'd save my friend and let the kids burn to a crisp, I never argued otherwise. What's your point?
When it can survive on it's out outside the womb.
If it can't, it's eligible for le Scrape.
Forget where I read this but it illustrates the hypocrisy of the right-to-life kooks.
Your friend is working in an in vitro lab. The place catches fire, do you save your friend or the freezer full of frozen embryos? Most pick the friend.
"Pro MySQL" is in the same vein as "Redhat Enterprise"
Play Thief: Deadly Shadows you're guaranteed to poop your drawers when playing The Shalebridge Cradle level.
And I like GRINMAN!
Funny how the RIAA is suing people who infringe on the copyrights of their member's then, isn't it?
You do know that the money the RIAA extorts from people goes straight back to the RIAA's legal war chest, right? The artists don't see a dime of it.
Well I'm 40 and I'm thinking of becoming a slashdot editor. Is it too late for me?
If your aspirations are that low, you should just become "an hero" and kill yourself.
(That from a fellow 40 year old)
... has Netcraft confirmed this?
The Atheros exploit shores up OpenBSD's stance on binary "blob" drivers perfectly. EVERY OS using these binary drivers are vulnerable. OpenBSD refused to include blob, reverse engineered the drivers and wrote their own secure drivers.
End result? OpenBSD is secure while most other OSs out there are at the mercy of Atheros.
Like I said if the shoe fits wear it, which in your case if it doesn't fit *don't wear it*. My comment wasn't targeted at you directly, it was general. No I am not a microsoft support kind of guy, if you must know I am a developer (.Net and Java). Maybe your comment wasn't a rant but thats just splitting hairs. The crux of my point is that any company that encourages choice shouldn't be slagged off. Fact is in any other context
Fair enough. I was under the impression that you were attacking me for that one liner. The freedom thing is a bit contradictory for a lot of
However put MS in the picture and suddenly choice is an evil word. If ford encouraged people to drive more fuel efficient cars would they be slagged of for trying to sell more cars?
No, of course not. What MS is doing is trying to make the machine look nicer to cover up what many would consider deficiencies under the hood.
Cheers.
I'll second that!
Several years ago I was returning some DVDs I had rented (this was before BitTorrent
Sigh. You missed the point of my comment.
Its clearly states that it is to sell more PC's not about making 'good' computers, the tie between the OS and case was a rant brought up independant of the article.
My one line comment you felt necessary to comment on was not a "rant", it was simply a one line comment. That said, why would MS be wanting manufacturers spiffying up their PCs? To boost sales of MS software on looks rather than merit, there is a definite tie there which you seem to have missed.
Now given how much money people spend on large wheels, jewlery, makeup etc. obviously design plays into a large number of purchasing decisions.
"The dumbest by the mostest" (line from an old DK song) Regardless, they've tried fancy PCs before and all have failed. Most people want CHEAP not FANCY. FANCY will cost more money. Think of iMac clones, the move to silver cases (ala the Mac), current iPod "killers", etc. They've all failed. Most people have either a plain old black Dell box or a hand me down beige box in their homes.
Regarding the basement comment if the shoe fits wear it, I'm a bit over socially inept
That whole snip is a single run-on sentence... Anyhow, I like how you can lump me in as a "socially inept
And OF COURSE some people will by these fancy plastic moulded machines. Some people also buy idiotic plastic shit to rice up their Hondas (fins, fake ground effects, etc.) Those are the same type of people you're defending. I'll bet money you're a Windows support guy of some capacity.