The computer-not-quite-literate want their "free music", but don't care to learn about how torrents work. The stuff about finding a tracker, downloading a torrent file, and then opening that new file is a bit to complicated for them. They opt for search and double click. Therefore, there's still a lot of LimeWire use around.
Smells like they didn't like the rate of Vista adoption.
Don't want to buy the new OS? No worries, we'll simply stop renewing the license of the old one.
Really? I'm from Texas, and Sonics around here are not particularly amazing. The food's is overly greasy and not very flavorful, even compared to McDonald's or Burger King. Likewise, they're also famous for screwing up orders, even very simple stuff. Maybe it's just that the franchisee running the Sonics in the area is bad at his job...
I'm from North Texas, and in this area "doughnut" and "donut" or synonymous, and refer to the bread-like variety. The spongy-cake variety is referred to as "Cake Donuts/Doughnuts".
On a different and sad note, Firefox's built in spell-checker is flagging "Doughnut" as a misspelled word.
Hey, I'm genuinely unaware: What did Nintendo do that is akin to Microsoft or Sony's shenanigans? I don't buy Microsoft or Sony anymore, and I'd like to avoid adding Nintendo to that list.
These days I tend to use ZipZoomFly more than the others. I don't have much experience with their customer service, as I've yet to have a need to contact them, but so far they have the best prices and the most detailed search.
I can't tell if you were asking a rhetorical question to make a point, but if it was a serious question, then apt-get is named so because it is a function of APT. APT stands for "Advanced Packaging Tool".
"Capital Punishment is a deterrent, nothing more."
Incorrect. It also removes those individuals who are deems too big of a threat to society to be allowed to roam free. People like the pot farmers in Newton County, Arkansas who cut up unlucky travelers who stumble upon their fields and put them in whiskey barrels to hide them. Some people can't be rehabilitated.
Some don't even need rehabilitation; these are the kind of people who do not have mental problems, but genuinely do not care about others at all. These are the people that prison/rehabilitation won't help. They'll serve their time and go right back to what they were doing. If they've been shown to not have qualms resorting to killing people to achieve their goals in the past, they should not be allowed back into society.
I feel for people who end up like this, I can't imagine what kind of hell made them that way as a child. Like the dogs who are raised to fight, and beaten by people, and therefore hate people and cannot be adopted after they are rescued. Sometimes you can't help people.
Capital Punishment is not just a deterrent, it is a last resort precautionary measure. For those out there that cannot be rehabilitated (and commit crimes that would warrant it), or committed too heinous of a crime to ever be trusted again, they must be removed from society permanently. Anything else would be irresponsible.
"but turned their attention towards the fact that he now had 2 garages and too much of his property covered by outbuildings"
Is it illegal to have too many shacks out back or did I miss something?
In theory, there could be, but it would be rare to find a computer that had more than one installed (except perhaps on a testing machine).
It's not so much that there's many of them, but more akin to you having a choice of which one you install and use.
Sorry for the wall, I forgot my breaks, here's the reformatted version:
"Teens are a group of people who have a very high rate of accidents compared to the general population. Society has no problem restricting the driving privileges of other high risk groups: the elderly, the vision impaired, and the drunk. What's so different about singling out one more high-risk group and protecting ourselves from the collateral damage they are more likely to cause?"
No. You can't compare vision impaired and drunken drivers to teenagers, it's not the same thing. Two are a state a person can be in, and teenagers are a group of people. And the elderly are not restricted, as long as they pass the exam (biggest issue is the vision test), and if they fail that, it's because of another issue, not being elderly itself.
You're comparing apples to mustard-covered antique music-boxes. Groups and conditions are not the same thing. You don't screw over multiple people because many(most?) of them are not great at something. Get back under your bridge.
"Teens are a group of people who have a very high rate of accidents compared to the general population. Society has no problem restricting the driving privileges of other high risk groups: the elderly, the vision impaired, and the drunk. What's so different about singling out one more high-risk group and protecting ourselves from the collateral damage they are more likely to cause?"
No. You can't compare vision impaired and drunken drivers to teenagers, it's not the same thing. Two are a state a person can be in, and teenagers are a group of people. And the elderly are not restricted, as long as they pass the exam (biggest issue is the vision test), and if they fail that, it's because of another issue, not being elderly itself.
You're comparing apples to mustard-covered antique music-boxes. Groups and conditions are not the same thing. You don't screw over multiple people because many(most?) of them are not great at something. Get back under your bridge.
"I'd say that Super Mario 3 was better than the Super Mario for the N64"
I'd disagree, personally, but on a more objectional level, I'd have to say they're different types of games.
Similar to LoZ: LTTP and OoT, they're arguably the best two games in the series, but they have very different play styles.
Honestly, I'd say that they're not really comparable beyond a notion of fun had when playing them.
I too have used TigerDirect for at least 6 years now, my only complaint being that Customer Support has lovely, incomprehendible accents, and don't know very much about their products. That's the standard these days for tech support though, isn't it?
Though, in the last year I've switched to ZipZoomFly, mostly for the reason that their search engine is the most detailed around. It's much, much easier to find the part you're after. TigerDirect and ZipZoomFly are often neck and neck and rather competitive in regards to pricing.
Of course I can't comment on shadiness as I've never had to return anything to either of them. I took care of a faulty motherboard directly through MSI, but that's irrelevant (but included for your viewing pleasure). I also avoid mail-in-rebates and refurbished parts like the plague.
Will somebody explain to me why the hockey guy thought slashdot had anything to do with hockey?
Maybe I'm just a sports-illiterate nerd, but I don't see the connection.
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For clarification, what sort of thing do you consider "seriously bullied and terrorised"?
Lots and lots and lots of people.
The computer-not-quite-literate want their "free music", but don't care to learn about how torrents work. The stuff about finding a tracker, downloading a torrent file, and then opening that new file is a bit to complicated for them. They opt for search and double click. Therefore, there's still a lot of LimeWire use around.
Smells like they didn't like the rate of Vista adoption. Don't want to buy the new OS? No worries, we'll simply stop renewing the license of the old one.
Really? I'm from Texas, and Sonics around here are not particularly amazing. The food's is overly greasy and not very flavorful, even compared to McDonald's or Burger King. Likewise, they're also famous for screwing up orders, even very simple stuff. Maybe it's just that the franchisee running the Sonics in the area is bad at his job...
Very interesting, what area are you from?
I'm from North Texas, and in this area "doughnut" and "donut" or synonymous, and refer to the bread-like variety. The spongy-cake variety is referred to as "Cake Donuts/Doughnuts".
On a different and sad note, Firefox's built in spell-checker is flagging "Doughnut" as a misspelled word.
Hey, I'm genuinely unaware: What did Nintendo do that is akin to Microsoft or Sony's shenanigans? I don't buy Microsoft or Sony anymore, and I'd like to avoid adding Nintendo to that list.
Hardest "natural" material on earth. Aggregated diamond nanorods are currently the hardest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_nanorods
Sorry to be a bastard, but I'm a bastard.
They had something similar via Team Leads with DAoC.
Sadly, they were mostly ignored.
It is indeed possible, though unlikely, and would have otherwise been politically incorrect. *vomit*
These days I tend to use ZipZoomFly more than the others. I don't have much experience with their customer service, as I've yet to have a need to contact them, but so far they have the best prices and the most detailed search.
Not quite.
The broken neck renders the executed unconscious, while the rope (combined with the weight of their body) strangles them.
System requirements for flashplayer 10 for Linux, straight from Adobe's site.
Minimum Requirements:
Modern processor (800MHz or faster) & 512MB of RAM, 128MB of graphics memory
For "Standard" and HD playback:
Intel Core Duo 1.8GHz, AMD Athlon(TM) 64 X2 4200+ processor (or equivalent) & 512MB of RAM & 64MB of VRAM
Good God...that's more than many games.
Oh yeah, and SumatraPDF is all I'll use on Windows.
dazedNconfuzed,
I can't tell if you were asking a rhetorical question to make a point, but if it was a serious question, then apt-get is named so because it is a function of APT. APT stands for "Advanced Packaging Tool".
"Capital Punishment is a deterrent, nothing more."
Incorrect. It also removes those individuals who are deems too big of a threat to society to be allowed to roam free. People like the pot farmers in Newton County, Arkansas who cut up unlucky travelers who stumble upon their fields and put them in whiskey barrels to hide them. Some people can't be rehabilitated.
Some don't even need rehabilitation; these are the kind of people who do not have mental problems, but genuinely do not care about others at all. These are the people that prison/rehabilitation won't help. They'll serve their time and go right back to what they were doing. If they've been shown to not have qualms resorting to killing people to achieve their goals in the past, they should not be allowed back into society.
I feel for people who end up like this, I can't imagine what kind of hell made them that way as a child. Like the dogs who are raised to fight, and beaten by people, and therefore hate people and cannot be adopted after they are rescued. Sometimes you can't help people.
Capital Punishment is not just a deterrent, it is a last resort precautionary measure. For those out there that cannot be rehabilitated (and commit crimes that would warrant it), or committed too heinous of a crime to ever be trusted again, they must be removed from society permanently. Anything else would be irresponsible.
"but turned their attention towards the fact that he now had 2 garages and too much of his property covered by outbuildings" Is it illegal to have too many shacks out back or did I miss something?
Jews don't believe in Hell. Fail.
Seconded. They once had a DB25-DB9 adapter I needed to get a serial modem working for my Grandma's POS.
God, they sucked at everything but niche parts though.
In theory, there could be, but it would be rare to find a computer that had more than one installed (except perhaps on a testing machine). It's not so much that there's many of them, but more akin to you having a choice of which one you install and use.
Sorry for the wall, I forgot my breaks, here's the reformatted version: "Teens are a group of people who have a very high rate of accidents compared to the general population. Society has no problem restricting the driving privileges of other high risk groups: the elderly, the vision impaired, and the drunk. What's so different about singling out one more high-risk group and protecting ourselves from the collateral damage they are more likely to cause?"
No. You can't compare vision impaired and drunken drivers to teenagers, it's not the same thing. Two are a state a person can be in, and teenagers are a group of people. And the elderly are not restricted, as long as they pass the exam (biggest issue is the vision test), and if they fail that, it's because of another issue, not being elderly itself.
You're comparing apples to mustard-covered antique music-boxes. Groups and conditions are not the same thing. You don't screw over multiple people because many(most?) of them are not great at something. Get back under your bridge.
"Teens are a group of people who have a very high rate of accidents compared to the general population. Society has no problem restricting the driving privileges of other high risk groups: the elderly, the vision impaired, and the drunk. What's so different about singling out one more high-risk group and protecting ourselves from the collateral damage they are more likely to cause?" No. You can't compare vision impaired and drunken drivers to teenagers, it's not the same thing. Two are a state a person can be in, and teenagers are a group of people. And the elderly are not restricted, as long as they pass the exam (biggest issue is the vision test), and if they fail that, it's because of another issue, not being elderly itself. You're comparing apples to mustard-covered antique music-boxes. Groups and conditions are not the same thing. You don't screw over multiple people because many(most?) of them are not great at something. Get back under your bridge.
Honestly, I'd guess it was for the wind visor, I bet there's a pretty bad draft that high/fast.
"I'd say that Super Mario 3 was better than the Super Mario for the N64"
I'd disagree, personally, but on a more objectional level, I'd have to say they're different types of games. Similar to LoZ: LTTP and OoT, they're arguably the best two games in the series, but they have very different play styles.
Honestly, I'd say that they're not really comparable beyond a notion of fun had when playing them.
I too have used TigerDirect for at least 6 years now, my only complaint being that Customer Support has lovely, incomprehendible accents, and don't know very much about their products. That's the standard these days for tech support though, isn't it?
Though, in the last year I've switched to ZipZoomFly, mostly for the reason that their search engine is the most detailed around. It's much, much easier to find the part you're after. TigerDirect and ZipZoomFly are often neck and neck and rather competitive in regards to pricing.
Of course I can't comment on shadiness as I've never had to return anything to either of them. I took care of a faulty motherboard directly through MSI, but that's irrelevant (but included for your viewing pleasure). I also avoid mail-in-rebates and refurbished parts like the plague.
Will somebody explain to me why the hockey guy thought slashdot had anything to do with hockey? Maybe I'm just a sports-illiterate nerd, but I don't see the connection.
Some people really just don't comprehend what an "open standard" actually is. AAC? Open? Bah! *grumble*