A casino will notice you winning no matter how you do it. Since you are on private property, they can ask you to leave. If you don't leave, you are trespassing.
Have you ever even entered a casino? They LOVE when you win. The more you win, the more comps they shower you with. Having a winner at a table entices all the suckers around them to play and lose. It's the best advertising there is!
Card counting has become almost impossible (despite the liars here who claim to do it -- as though wealthy card cheats spend their free time on/.) because it requires wild (and obvious) swings in betting.
Add to that 10+ deck shuffles (every dozen or so hands) and a ban on entering a game mid-shuffle, and it's a loser strategy overall, more likely to entice the retarded geek than a real hustler.
Yes. Just because you want the benefits of living further from other people, don't expect me to subsidize the costs that decision incurs.
You already do.
And BTW, this was the argument made against Rural Electricification, one of the most successful social programs in U.S. history. The initial investment was paid back in spades by increased farm productivity.
Whether that lesson can be applied to Internet access is debatable, but you're just avoiding the debate.
haha! No, it's not. After rtfa-ing, I was googling around and must have looked at pics of the 1730x, which is a laptop. So my question was totally off-topic, but I'm happy to have gotten good answers nonetheless.
Dramatic exits aren't necessary. If you're unhappy, just go. Not only are there 1000 other sites that might interest you, but the barrier to creating your own site that will please you more is very, very low.
Also, if these types of stories aren't to your liking but others here are, it takes marginal intelligence to disregard them BEFORE clicking.
Serious question: Are there any laptops speakers that don't suck? That is, are there any laptop speakers that don't make you instantly run for your headphones?
(My laptop is 5 years old, and the speakers are unlistenable. Just curious if the situation has gotten any better.)
This was the line the jumped out at me, too. Sounds like the author has bought into the whole notion of cloud computing, which is a beautiful, meaningless, irrelevant buzzword that has changed very little.
Yes, Google Docs are great for sharing spreadsheets and collaborating on text documents. But enterprises -- where MS sells most of their software -- just aren't interested in parking their docs on someone else's server and hoping for the best.
Fox News is popular because it's watched by people who don't watch TV?
You might want to re-read OP's point:
...that doesn't watch TV or log onto the internet to become informed.
In other words, they only want entertainment and/or reinforcement of previously held beliefs, rather than tuning in in order to actually learn something. The same is true of both left and right, as OP has already said.
If you spent less time trying to get offended by political views that others haven't expressed, you'd probably be a much happier person.
In fairness to gp, looking at someone through a telescope isn't entirely risk-less, either. They could, for example, shine a laser back at you and destroy your retina. Or pull a goatse, resulting in same.
How many of these "more feature complete" players you are using have features like Genius playlists? Video podcasts? How many also seemlessly manage the songs on your mp3(iPod) player? Smartphones(iPhone)? How many offer iTunes music sharing/streaming on the local network? How many seamlessly integrate with the most popular music store?
Those are all just niche features (see, I can make dumb sweeping statements, too).
I'm not a fan of the store analogy either, because I can't go to the store while I'm still in my house. To me, the better analogy is broadcasting. Just as I can flip to a different radio station or TV channel, I can flip to a website. Passworded websites = encrypted or scrambled stations.
In this case, the kid was given a descrambler, and school officials didn't like what he watched.
The organization operates only if all parties involved allow it to operate.
...and tapping phones in no way disallows the ability to operate, particularly when that tapping is done in secret. I understand entirely.
Exhibit #1 against your notioin is that the organization IS STILL OPERATING -- it's just business as usual. Apparently, even DWB doesn't consider this 'interference.' Jeez!
The word 'expert' is used a little too loosely here. I'm not a car expert, but I know how to lock my door. Hell, I can even put a club on when I'm parked in areas of a dubious nature.
...he SHOULD punished if he did this. And so should ANY web site that published the email--including media websites.
Yeah! Let's throw those websites in prison!!
On a more serious note, anything can be published on many websites (including/.) without the owner's permission. If you mean 'the owner of any website where it was published who then refused to take it down should be punished', say so. That way I can be confident that I'm disagreeing with you for the right reasons.
"Fruit of the poisoned vine" only applies in court cases. That why I know 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0.
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A casino will notice you winning no matter how you do it. Since you are on private property, they can ask you to leave. If you don't leave, you are trespassing.
Have you ever even entered a casino? They LOVE when you win. The more you win, the more comps they shower you with. Having a winner at a table entices all the suckers around them to play and lose. It's the best advertising there is!
/.) because it requires wild (and obvious) swings in betting.
Card counting has become almost impossible (despite the liars here who claim to do it -- as though wealthy card cheats spend their free time on
Add to that 10+ deck shuffles (every dozen or so hands) and a ban on entering a game mid-shuffle, and it's a loser strategy overall, more likely to entice the retarded geek than a real hustler.
By your standard, vacations on the moon are offered, just not at a price I want to pay.
There are, in fact, places in the U.S. where rural broadband is not offered.
Yes. Just because you want the benefits of living further from other people, don't expect me to subsidize the costs that decision incurs.
You already do.
And BTW, this was the argument made against Rural Electricification, one of the most successful social programs in U.S. history. The initial investment was paid back in spades by increased farm productivity.
Whether that lesson can be applied to Internet access is debatable, but you're just avoiding the debate.
Great - you've ruined a perfectly good joke with a bunch of "information".
What's next, Mr. Brainiac? Are you gonna tell us you read the article, too?
It's not a laptop.
haha! No, it's not. After rtfa-ing, I was googling around and must have looked at pics of the 1730x, which is a laptop. So my question was totally off-topic, but I'm happy to have gotten good answers nonetheless.
Dramatic exits aren't necessary. If you're unhappy, just go. Not only are there 1000 other sites that might interest you, but the barrier to creating your own site that will please you more is very, very low.
Also, if these types of stories aren't to your liking but others here are, it takes marginal intelligence to disregard them BEFORE clicking.
Serious question: Are there any laptops speakers that don't suck? That is, are there any laptop speakers that don't make you instantly run for your headphones?
(My laptop is 5 years old, and the speakers are unlistenable. Just curious if the situation has gotten any better.)
This was the line the jumped out at me, too. Sounds like the author has bought into the whole notion of cloud computing, which is a beautiful, meaningless, irrelevant buzzword that has changed very little.
Yes, Google Docs are great for sharing spreadsheets and collaborating on text documents. But enterprises -- where MS sells most of their software -- just aren't interested in parking their docs on someone else's server and hoping for the best.
Links are slashdotted -- is it anything like this?
Fox News is popular because it's watched by people who don't watch TV?
You might want to re-read OP's point:
...that doesn't watch TV or log onto the internet to become informed.
In other words, they only want entertainment and/or reinforcement of previously held beliefs, rather than tuning in in order to actually learn something. The same is true of both left and right, as OP has already said.
If you spent less time trying to get offended by political views that others haven't expressed, you'd probably be a much happier person.
In fairness to gp, looking at someone through a telescope isn't entirely risk-less, either. They could, for example, shine a laser back at you and destroy your retina. Or pull a goatse, resulting in same.
Idea for a massive new industry: bathroom stall movie screens "brought to you by" X.
If /. had stickies, this would be a sticky.
How many of these "more feature complete" players you are using have features like Genius playlists? Video podcasts? How many also seemlessly manage the songs on your mp3(iPod) player? Smartphones(iPhone)? How many offer iTunes music sharing/streaming on the local network? How many seamlessly integrate with the most popular music store?
Those are all just niche features (see, I can make dumb sweeping statements, too).
BTW - what player doesn't offer vodcast support?
I'm not a fan of the store analogy either, because I can't go to the store while I'm still in my house. To me, the better analogy is broadcasting. Just as I can flip to a different radio station or TV channel, I can flip to a website. Passworded websites = encrypted or scrambled stations.
In this case, the kid was given a descrambler, and school officials didn't like what he watched.
The organization operates only if all parties involved allow it to operate.
...and tapping phones in no way disallows the ability to operate, particularly when that tapping is done in secret. I understand entirely.
Exhibit #1 against your notioin is that the organization IS STILL OPERATING -- it's just business as usual. Apparently, even DWB doesn't consider this 'interference.' Jeez!
Ummm, no. It IS a violation. But that violation of separation is in no way "interference". Is this somehow hard for you to understand?
Perhaps this will help you.
He didn't say it was right; he said it didn't interfere. And it doesn't.
(It's still fucked, tho.)
Some BMW motorcycles still have carbs.
The word 'expert' is used a little too loosely here. I'm not a car expert, but I know how to lock my door. Hell, I can even put a club on when I'm parked in areas of a dubious nature.
...he SHOULD punished if he did this. And so should ANY web site that published the email--including media websites.
Yeah! Let's throw those websites in prison!!
/.) without the owner's permission. If you mean 'the owner of any website where it was published who then refused to take it down should be punished', say so. That way I can be confident that I'm disagreeing with you for the right reasons.
On a more serious note, anything can be published on many websites (including
"Fruit of the poisoned vine" only applies in court cases. That why I know 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0.
This will depend on the voting mechanism where you live. I've never had a write-in option (in the 3 states I've voted in).
Did anyone consent to be cheated?
They consented to play on using a format that cannot be secured. So the answer is "yes".
False analogy and you know it.
I don't know it, but thanks for setting me straight. Your incisive lack of explanation has shown me the light.
That reminds me of this dumbass search website I heard of once that called itself "google" -- these stupid names never catch on.
Online poker for real money shouldn't exist because its virtually impossible to ensure systematic cheating isn't taking place.
So what? Then people don't have to play it. Why limit what consenting adults want to do in their free time?
Hell, let's just ban the internet, since it's "virtually impossible" to keep it from being used to steal music and distribute kiddy porn.