Given the (relatively) short time that the fake person "existed" and the lack of real contact, the entire manslaughter bit is a touch overblown.
Now, if this was to have been a more elaborate plot (hire actor to fake meeting the girl, etc.) then I could see getting into the point of purposely attempting to cause severe mental trauma and being listed as some type of accessory in her death. As is, harassment? Sure. Manslaughter, no way.
While I share your view (if I travel abroad, let alone move to a country with a language and customs unfamiliar to me, I would learn these and follow them), I see as much or more of the "cater to me and my needs" attitude from the poor immigrants in the US as I do from the wealthy.
While I agree that it doesn't sound like Bill Gates, I believe the point being made in the email is that there is no mechanism to explain what to do to a casual user.
Better put, it's not that the author doesn't know what to do, but rather he is noting that there is no obvious answer to the choice for a person who is not tech savvy.
I have three cars. None of them have the color coded into the VIN. My BMW has it on a fender tag, my RX7 has it on a VIN tag in the engine bay (but not in the VIN number) and I've no clue where it is on my Subaru, but it isn't in the VIN number.
I've got several Cisco bridges with antennas pointed at each other shooting 500'+.
You need amplifiers and all that good stuff, but it's certainly doable.
Most likely, assuming there giant trees in between, you can roof mount both and shoot them at each other (two parabolic antennas) and you're ready to go. If there is no line of sight, you need some roof mounted towers to get high enough that there is.
I was bullied, somewhat, in elementary through middle school, but before high school began, I took martial arts and spent a great deal of time working out. I came to high school large enough to stop anyone from bullying me (anyone who cared moderately about their health anyway) and managed to stop several instances of them bullying others.
Did my "trauma" in Kingergarten - 7th grade effect this? Absolutely. Did it turn me into a school shooter, or suicidal? Definitely not.
That said, losing a girlfriend of ~7 years abruptly, and somewhat visciously (yes, some of us have/had girlfriends...) devastated me in ways that I've still not entirely recovered from 5-6 years after the fact. As I understand it, this woman at least hinted at romantic interest in the case, and that reaches into an entirely different realm of manipulation and cruelty.
Diagonal measurement has been used for longer than 30 years for TV measurements. I'm 46 and picked out my on TV at age 8 and they were measured that way then. Man, I wish my parents would have let me pick out a TV at age 8...
It's interesting that you mention the climate changes in AR to a shorter winter/longer summer.
Here in northern Indiana, our winters have been some of the coldest on record, and our summers about average. Our spring/fall have been sporadically hotter/colder then average, but the overall average here has gone down since I was a kit, versus upward trends elsewhere.
I'm not denying global warming, rather, I simply think that scientists have a much looser grasp of what is really happening and why then they care to admit to.
If their software breaks software written by other companies... well, that's what you get for not being -all- Microsoft... however if it breaks their -own- software, that's more difficult to explain away.
I'm not saying that they don't often break their software unwittingly, rather, they are at least aware enough to avoid it when the bug is made known ahead of time.
So... how is this any different from the Hackintosh I have running on an HP laptop at home? I have all hardware functionality, and my updates even work...
Apparently I now have the option of purchasing a less functional equivalent of what I built at home in a few hours time. Excellent, I can check that off the old wish list...
And besides, Metallica hasn't put out a decent album in the better part of 20 years. Why would anyone want to pay for their crap, or even listen to it for free? The best point I've seen thus far...
Simply because they release crap that people buy doesn't mean it's good... S&M and Garage, Inc. had a few good bits, but the good parts were just rehashed old songs...
It's about reality, not probability.
If you throw a coin up, it will come down. Throwing it over and over, and expecting to suddenly not come down, is a good example.
Yet, for some reason, I read comments every day, and still expect that everyone will "get it". Insanity indeed.
Indeed, the amount of "paper MSCE" employees grows daily, while the amount of people that actually know what they're doing seems to diwndle at nearly the same rate. Perhaps it's that the people that are smart enough to make competent IT staff eventually learn that the money is in management, not engineering, and leave for better pay. Then the idiots come in to fill the void, and so begins the downward spiral of successful companies...
Interestingly enough, the man who had DST repealed in Indiana was also responsible for Arizona (he moved). Perhaps we need someone from Arizona to move back this way now, I hate DST...
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Sufficient cash can also help.
I belive you mean the latter (milfs) will get lost. The former (reiserfs) will simply lose all references to what happened to the latter (milfs).
+1 to parent.
Given the (relatively) short time that the fake person "existed" and the lack of real contact, the entire manslaughter bit is a touch overblown.
Now, if this was to have been a more elaborate plot (hire actor to fake meeting the girl, etc.) then I could see getting into the point of purposely attempting to cause severe mental trauma and being listed as some type of accessory in her death. As is, harassment? Sure. Manslaughter, no way.
While I share your view (if I travel abroad, let alone move to a country with a language and customs unfamiliar to me, I would learn these and follow them), I see as much or more of the "cater to me and my needs" attitude from the poor immigrants in the US as I do from the wealthy.
While I agree that it doesn't sound like Bill Gates, I believe the point being made in the email is that there is no mechanism to explain what to do to a casual user.
Better put, it's not that the author doesn't know what to do, but rather he is noting that there is no obvious answer to the choice for a person who is not tech savvy.
I have three cars. None of them have the color coded into the VIN. My BMW has it on a fender tag, my RX7 has it on a VIN tag in the engine bay (but not in the VIN number) and I've no clue where it is on my Subaru, but it isn't in the VIN number.
Try again.
A valid point.
Perhaps a required tax of x% of earnings, but delivered to the specific areas of government that the taxpayer chooses would be a better plan.
More "bang for your buck" at any rate.
You mean, "Get your stinkin' ROBOTIC paws off me, you damned dirty ape!"
The company I work for routinely fires people upon receipt of their 2-4 weeks notice.
Top notch way to build morale for the remaining employees though!
I've got several Cisco bridges with antennas pointed at each other shooting 500'+.
You need amplifiers and all that good stuff, but it's certainly doable.
Most likely, assuming there giant trees in between, you can roof mount both and shoot them at each other (two parabolic antennas) and you're ready to go. If there is no line of sight, you need some roof mounted towers to get high enough that there is.
Clearly you've never been exposed to asbestos rays...
Suddenly the Faraday cage I built into my house doesn't seem like such a waste. Now, if I can only figure out why I can't pick up OTA television...
That's a large assumption, I'd say.
I was bullied, somewhat, in elementary through middle school, but before high school began, I took martial arts and spent a great deal of time working out. I came to high school large enough to stop anyone from bullying me (anyone who cared moderately about their health anyway) and managed to stop several instances of them bullying others.
Did my "trauma" in Kingergarten - 7th grade effect this? Absolutely. Did it turn me into a school shooter, or suicidal? Definitely not.
That said, losing a girlfriend of ~7 years abruptly, and somewhat visciously (yes, some of us have/had girlfriends...) devastated me in ways that I've still not entirely recovered from 5-6 years after the fact. As I understand it, this woman at least hinted at romantic interest in the case, and that reaches into an entirely different realm of manipulation and cruelty.
It's interesting that you mention the climate changes in AR to a shorter winter/longer summer. Here in northern Indiana, our winters have been some of the coldest on record, and our summers about average. Our spring/fall have been sporadically hotter/colder then average, but the overall average here has gone down since I was a kit, versus upward trends elsewhere. I'm not denying global warming, rather, I simply think that scientists have a much looser grasp of what is really happening and why then they care to admit to.
Or, even better then that, check out an ASS Provider... Apple Super Service Provider...
They worry about it... because they sell it.
If their software breaks software written by other companies... well, that's what you get for not being -all- Microsoft... however if it breaks their -own- software, that's more difficult to explain away.
I'm not saying that they don't often break their software unwittingly, rather, they are at least aware enough to avoid it when the bug is made known ahead of time.
So... how is this any different from the Hackintosh I have running on an HP laptop at home? I have all hardware functionality, and my updates even work...
Apparently I now have the option of purchasing a less functional equivalent of what I built at home in a few hours time. Excellent, I can check that off the old wish list...
Simply because they release crap that people buy doesn't mean it's good... S&M and Garage, Inc. had a few good bits, but the good parts were just rehashed old songs...
I can't be the only one who read this as "Usability testing hardy heroIn with a girlfriend".
I mean, I'm sure it will work, but that is likely to soon require a replacement girlfriend...
Ah, but it assumes you can comprehend the intended meaning. Of course, we do realize you're not Einstein.
It's about reality, not probability. If you throw a coin up, it will come down. Throwing it over and over, and expecting to suddenly not come down, is a good example. Yet, for some reason, I read comments every day, and still expect that everyone will "get it". Insanity indeed.
Damn my blind self. "paper MSCE" = "paper MCSE".
Indeed, the amount of "paper MSCE" employees grows daily, while the amount of people that actually know what they're doing seems to diwndle at nearly the same rate. Perhaps it's that the people that are smart enough to make competent IT staff eventually learn that the money is in management, not engineering, and leave for better pay. Then the idiots come in to fill the void, and so begins the downward spiral of successful companies...
Interestingly enough, the man who had DST repealed in Indiana was also responsible for Arizona (he moved). Perhaps we need someone from Arizona to move back this way now, I hate DST...