the issue isn't this guy.....the issue is the precedent it sets./. should be completely onboard with the olympic committe. In 50 years we WILL have cyborg legs....should that be allowed in the olympics?
I want a separate olympics.......an entertain me monkey olympics.
I can remember leaving that movie at around 2 in the morning and talking about it with friends. We wanted it to be good so badly that none of us wanted to admit that it sucked.
Looking back, the only good storyline in any of those movies was the Obi wan/Boba Fett's dad one.
I have absolutely no expectation that the new IJ would be anything other than another steaming pile of shit. I am going to dl a screener of it, watch the first 20 minutes, and then decide if I want to pony up $10 to go to the theater to see the rest.
I worked at a liquor store as an easy 2nd job a few years ago. They sold craft beers and I tried just about every one and really enjoyed a lot of them. Still do enjoy them, but I can also drink cheap beer and still enjoy it.
Is there anyone else that likes craft beer, but still likes some domestic big brewery beer? I can't be the only one that is happy with an Aventinus, but would also be happy with a High Life. Markedly less happy, but still happy.
I can't stop drinking Oberon the last few weeks, but I went to a Derby party the other day and didn't mind at all that they only had Bud and Miller. (I should state that I don't actually like Budweiser...although I don't hate it, because there isn't enough flavor there to rise to that level...now dogfishhead 120 minute...I HATE that shit)
And from my experience at the liquor store I would also like to say to everyone that drinks craft beer or brews their own "GET OVER YOURSELVES". This may not apply to you, so disregard if it doesn't, but everyone at the store hated just about every one of the regulars that would get craft beer. They were pretty much insufferable arrogant asses to a man. Just because you don't drink light lager doesn't mean that you are a genius, and just because someone drinks Budweiser it doesn't mean they are an idiot, most people just don't care that much about it. It comes down to "this one is 9 dollars for six?, I can get 12 budweisers for that"
Maybe it was just the location, it could be that there aren't just that many craft beer drinkers around here so they developed an Us against Them attitude. There is a bar around here that has an amazing beer list, but the people that own it/hang out there are such assholes that I just don't go there. The owner has literally thrown people out for ordering a Budweiser. There is a server there who is openly rude to people that come in and have no idea what they want because they never drink that kind of beer.
Why is it the some of the biggest and most vigorous defenders of MS refuse to pay for software? I don't know if you are referring to me, or it just made you think of it, but I am neither a big nor a vigorous defender of MS. Like I said in the post, I am just citing my experience with Vista.
I am, however, an asshole and I do have a big mouth after about 3 whisky and cokes so you were half right.
First off, you shouldn't have posted this as AC. Aside from that, I totally agree with you.
I am also not an apologist, and you can flame me to ashes for saying this, but I haven't had very many problems at all with Vista (outside of them releasing updates that make the cracks stop working).
The biggest issue with it for normal end users, not/.ers, is that they lied about the sys reqs. My roomate has a laptop that has no business running it, and it really really sucks.
A few disclaimers:
1 - I am a gamer, had a system that was well beyond the req's that they should have used in the first place, and it runs fine.
2 - I never pay for anything except online games(flame me for that too if you want), so the DRM stuff doesn't matter to me.
3- I totally agree that you would be out of your mind to install it in a business environment in it's current state, and with the current cost of the machines you would need to run it.
4- The fact that they are planning on discontinuing XP is preposterous. When you release a new version of anything users should want to upgrade, not be forced to.
Absolutely no interest in a "but M$ is evil" or a "but you don't realize that it does xyz" argument, just giving my experience with Vista.
As long as the weather isn't bad doing those things while flying would be easier than doing it in a car. Once you are in the air modern aircraft pretty much fly themselves.
I'm not a pilot but I had a job as a lineman at small county airport while in college. I used to fly all over the place with the pilots that worked for the company, either for fun or (no shit) so they could have someone to talk to and not fall asleep. (we did overflow for UPS, all the flights were in the middle of the night)
You take off, get clearance to fly a direct route to where you are going, enter in to the gps the code for airport you just left and which one you are going to, and wait until you get there.
Amusing story, The first time I ever flew in a plane was after I started working there. One of the pilots had just landed from a long flight, something came up and he had to immediately go on another flight. He knew I had never flown so he asked me if I wanted to go with him. We take off, he sets the gps up then leans back in the seat and says "wake me up if I fall asleep". Slightly disconcerting for your first time in the air.
My favorite game was Smelltopia, they really did a fantastic job of recreating the smell of a rainstorm....and the burning building/gunpowder smell when the rebels would appear was amazing.
The key here is knowingly or recklessly doing it, The university is in the clear here. They had every reason to expect that the company they were using was protecting the data they gave them.
If I used the same company and heard about this I would immediately switch companies, so although they probably won't get in any legal trouble they will certainly pay a penalty for it.
Medical staff and any other people untrained in information security just aren't going to have the computer literacy or "computer common sense" to handle millions of peoples' medical records adequately.
But it's all in the name of tracking your every move, so I guess it's OK. Your network should be secure (they don't set that up)
The software they use should be secure (they didn't write it)
The method you use to transmit your claims should be secure (they don't set that up)
All you have to tell them is "don't email claim/medical record files" I have taught literally hundreds and hundreds of shockingly stupid people (the people at your doctor's office or the hospital that do the billing are almost certainly the lowest paid people in the chain...in the ballpark of minimum wage) how to zip and encrypt a file so they can email it. With 7zip it is a 3 step process.
Insurance companies have to track your every move when it involves you going to the doctor/hospital.
I work for an insurance claims clearinghouse. The company I work for takes the HIPPA laws very seriously. One big mix up with patient data and no matter how good you are nobody will want to use you.
2 million lost records is a lot, so just about any company would be compelled to own up to it...and they really aren't at risk here since they didn't knowingly or recklessly (geek level arguments about data transport aside) release the data.
Since they didn't technically violate any HIPPA laws, I don't think that they are required to report it to anyone. You can check for yourself http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/
I can also tell you that by their own admission, HIPPA enforcement is complaint driven, they don't do anything until someone informs them of a violation.
I found out why my grandmother's green beans were so much better than any others when I watcher her cook them one day. A downright shocking amount of bacon grease is all you need to make them good.
This may be a regional thing, but I have never seen beans and rice at a BBQ. And you'd better be sure to find whoever made it and ask if they put pig in it, because they probably did. Pork & Beans is all I ever see at cookouts.
And the notion that it is silly to mimic other food is kinda silly itself. I believe that the sandwich is a well tested delivery mechanism, you can only make a few shapes that will fit between bread/a bun.
I'm not vegetarian, I eat fish sometimes (3-4 times a year maybe, but it's okay because they don't have any feelings). I would say that there are more vegetarians that don't give a shit about what other people eat than there are PETA loonies, they just make more noise.
It's odd to me that people like to argue about this so much.
they give you (or don't hinder you from stealing) the single player to entice you to buy the multi.
Imagine if blizzard gave away a single player WoW that you could play over hamachi with your friends...maybe you would even play it A LOT over hamachi with your friends.....but eventually (because the game is so good) you will want to play it online with more ppl. you weren't going to buy it anyway before you played it....what did they lose by giving you a piece of it?
that is pretty much exactly what occurred with sins of a solar empire with me. got the torrent, got sick of beating the shitty AI at a great game....played my friends (who also got the torrent) on hamachi (when they wanted to)...felt shamed for stealing such a great game (gasp) and wanted to be able to play whenever I wanted to...then bought it.
I am an unrepentant software thief and I bought soase. Maybe there is at least a tiny bit of truth to what he is saying.
I am not disagreeing with what you say in your post, just pointing this out.
haven't had driver issues in years. But, I am also the guy that doesn't mind upgrading my computer. It's like a never ending technology tree that I hope to have the resources to research until I die.
And in response to the price argument....if you aren't playing your console on a 30" TV then you are leaving a HUGE amount of the total cost out.
I won't argue that she's probably a liberal. I don't really care about that stuff so it means nothing to me either way.
What are you basing your second statement on? As I read my post I see that it kind of implies that she was behind the wheel, which is not what she meant. I am sure that she was in the back seat with a veil on.
I saw the interview and don't really understand what she gains by stretching the truth. I believe her, if she's lying then she's duped me. Not the first woman to do it and almost certainly not the last.
You might want to do a little reading about the current state of things.
Saw an excellent interview with Sarah Chayes on PBS over the weekend. I can't remember what show it was on. She is an American that lives in Afghanistan now, her story is pretty cool http://chayes.blogs.nytimes.com/
The best quote from her was along the lines of 'They have paved the roads in Kanahar, which is great, but if you drive on them you'll be shaken down by the government in the day and the taliban at night.' She said that before the taliban fell that she could drive into Kandahar (when the roads were dirt), but wouldn't dream of doing it now (she was making a point, not saying that they should come back).
She is on the ground there living as a citizen and doesn't think that the taliban is going anywhere anytime soon. Her opinion of the government is that we have replaced the taliban with criminals.
but, and this just may be me, I would say that I would be MUCH more likely to create more music if I had time to sit around doing nothing...but now that I think about it I would probably just sit around half drunk and all the way stoned making up songs about my dog.
But then again I seem to do a fair amount of that right now.
What innovation would shorter copyrights on music create? I don't disagree with your point in general, I just don't see that it applies to music.
I know that you were probably just using messageboard histrionics, but being bad with money doesn't make you an idiot, it just means you are bad with money. I write this as an admitted idiot, but I don't think that it is because I am bad with my money.
However, if you suddenly come into a shit ton of money and don't hire a financial advisor then you probably do deserve what you get.
Amusing aside...I can remember driving thru the armpits of America in a shitty van dreaming about if we could just get popular enough to make enough money to own a house (1) that everyone could live in and made enough that we didn't have to have real jobs that we would consider that "making it".
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did you just get Tetris-rolled? Cause I think you did.
the issue isn't this guy.....the issue is the precedent it sets. /. should be completely onboard with the olympic committe. In 50 years we WILL have cyborg legs....should that be allowed in the olympics?
I want a separate olympics.......an entertain me monkey olympics.
I can remember leaving that movie at around 2 in the morning and talking about it with friends. We wanted it to be good so badly that none of us wanted to admit that it sucked.
Looking back, the only good storyline in any of those movies was the Obi wan/Boba Fett's dad one.
I have absolutely no expectation that the new IJ would be anything other than another steaming pile of shit. I am going to dl a screener of it, watch the first 20 minutes, and then decide if I want to pony up $10 to go to the theater to see the rest.
I worked at a liquor store as an easy 2nd job a few years ago. They sold craft beers and I tried just about every one and really enjoyed a lot of them. Still do enjoy them, but I can also drink cheap beer and still enjoy it.
Is there anyone else that likes craft beer, but still likes some domestic big brewery beer? I can't be the only one that is happy with an Aventinus, but would also be happy with a High Life. Markedly less happy, but still happy.
I can't stop drinking Oberon the last few weeks, but I went to a Derby party the other day and didn't mind at all that they only had Bud and Miller. (I should state that I don't actually like Budweiser...although I don't hate it, because there isn't enough flavor there to rise to that level...now dogfishhead 120 minute...I HATE that shit)
And from my experience at the liquor store I would also like to say to everyone that drinks craft beer or brews their own "GET OVER YOURSELVES". This may not apply to you, so disregard if it doesn't, but everyone at the store hated just about every one of the regulars that would get craft beer. They were pretty much insufferable arrogant asses to a man. Just because you don't drink light lager doesn't mean that you are a genius, and just because someone drinks Budweiser it doesn't mean they are an idiot, most people just don't care that much about it. It comes down to "this one is 9 dollars for six?, I can get 12 budweisers for that"
Maybe it was just the location, it could be that there aren't just that many craft beer drinkers around here so they developed an Us against Them attitude. There is a bar around here that has an amazing beer list, but the people that own it/hang out there are such assholes that I just don't go there. The owner has literally thrown people out for ordering a Budweiser. There is a server there who is openly rude to people that come in and have no idea what they want because they never drink that kind of beer.
Just my 2 cents.
I am, however, an asshole and I do have a big mouth after about 3 whisky and cokes so you were half right.
First off, you shouldn't have posted this as AC. Aside from that, I totally agree with you.
/.ers, is that they lied about the sys reqs. My roomate has a laptop that has no business running it, and it really really sucks.
I am also not an apologist, and you can flame me to ashes for saying this, but I haven't had very many problems at all with Vista (outside of them releasing updates that make the cracks stop working).
The biggest issue with it for normal end users, not
A few disclaimers:
1 - I am a gamer, had a system that was well beyond the req's that they should have used in the first place, and it runs fine.
2 - I never pay for anything except online games(flame me for that too if you want), so the DRM stuff doesn't matter to me.
3- I totally agree that you would be out of your mind to install it in a business environment in it's current state, and with the current cost of the machines you would need to run it.
4- The fact that they are planning on discontinuing XP is preposterous. When you release a new version of anything users should want to upgrade, not be forced to.
Absolutely no interest in a "but M$ is evil" or a "but you don't realize that it does xyz" argument, just giving my experience with Vista.
As long as the weather isn't bad doing those things while flying would be easier than doing it in a car. Once you are in the air modern aircraft pretty much fly themselves.
I'm not a pilot but I had a job as a lineman at small county airport while in college. I used to fly all over the place with the pilots that worked for the company, either for fun or (no shit) so they could have someone to talk to and not fall asleep. (we did overflow for UPS, all the flights were in the middle of the night)
You take off, get clearance to fly a direct route to where you are going, enter in to the gps the code for airport you just left and which one you are going to, and wait until you get there.
Amusing story, The first time I ever flew in a plane was after I started working there. One of the pilots had just landed from a long flight, something came up and he had to immediately go on another flight. He knew I had never flown so he asked me if I wanted to go with him. We take off, he sets the gps up then leans back in the seat and says "wake me up if I fall asleep". Slightly disconcerting for your first time in the air.
funny, funny stuff.
thanks.
My favorite game was Smelltopia, they really did a fantastic job of recreating the smell of a rainstorm....and the burning building/gunpowder smell when the rebels would appear was amazing.
so if your house burns down your company will lose all it's backups?
Dislaimer: I don't want your house to burn down.
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/
The key here is knowingly or recklessly doing it, The university is in the clear here. They had every reason to expect that the company they were using was protecting the data they gave them.
If I used the same company and heard about this I would immediately switch companies, so although they probably won't get in any legal trouble they will certainly pay a penalty for it.
But it's all in the name of tracking your every move, so I guess it's OK. Your network should be secure (they don't set that up)
The software they use should be secure (they didn't write it)
The method you use to transmit your claims should be secure (they don't set that up)
All you have to tell them is "don't email claim/medical record files" I have taught literally hundreds and hundreds of shockingly stupid people (the people at your doctor's office or the hospital that do the billing are almost certainly the lowest paid people in the chain...in the ballpark of minimum wage) how to zip and encrypt a file so they can email it. With 7zip it is a 3 step process.
Insurance companies have to track your every move when it involves you going to the doctor/hospital.
I work for an insurance claims clearinghouse. The company I work for takes the HIPPA laws very seriously. One big mix up with patient data and no matter how good you are nobody will want to use you.
2 million lost records is a lot, so just about any company would be compelled to own up to it...and they really aren't at risk here since they didn't knowingly or recklessly (geek level arguments about data transport aside) release the data.
Since they didn't technically violate any HIPPA laws, I don't think that they are required to report it to anyone. You can check for yourself http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/
I can also tell you that by their own admission, HIPPA enforcement is complaint driven, they don't do anything until someone informs them of a violation.
you would be amazed at what they sneak pig into.
I found out why my grandmother's green beans were so much better than any others when I watcher her cook them one day. A downright shocking amount of bacon grease is all you need to make them good.
This may be a regional thing, but I have never seen beans and rice at a BBQ. And you'd better be sure to find whoever made it and ask if they put pig in it, because they probably did. Pork & Beans is all I ever see at cookouts.
And the notion that it is silly to mimic other food is kinda silly itself. I believe that the sandwich is a well tested delivery mechanism, you can only make a few shapes that will fit between bread/a bun.
I'm not vegetarian, I eat fish sometimes (3-4 times a year maybe, but it's okay because they don't have any feelings). I would say that there are more vegetarians that don't give a shit about what other people eat than there are PETA loonies, they just make more noise.
It's odd to me that people like to argue about this so much.
you aren't making beer.
I am looking at you Budweiser.
they give you (or don't hinder you from stealing) the single player to entice you to buy the multi.
Imagine if blizzard gave away a single player WoW that you could play over hamachi with your friends...maybe you would even play it A LOT over hamachi with your friends.....but eventually (because the game is so good) you will want to play it online with more ppl. you weren't going to buy it anyway before you played it....what did they lose by giving you a piece of it?
that is pretty much exactly what occurred with sins of a solar empire with me. got the torrent, got sick of beating the shitty AI at a great game....played my friends (who also got the torrent) on hamachi (when they wanted to)...felt shamed for stealing such a great game (gasp) and wanted to be able to play whenever I wanted to...then bought it.
I am an unrepentant software thief and I bought soase. Maybe there is at least a tiny bit of truth to what he is saying.
I am not disagreeing with what you say in your post, just pointing this out.
"why don't you just make 5 the highest that you could be modded?"
"well, this comment goes to 6"
if they applied their own laws to themselves.
look up the HIPAA laws...Medicare is a gov't program that seems to be held (along with every other insurance plan) to a much higher standard.
haven't had driver issues in years. But, I am also the guy that doesn't mind upgrading my computer. It's like a never ending technology tree that I hope to have the resources to research until I die.
And in response to the price argument....if you aren't playing your console on a 30" TV then you are leaving a HUGE amount of the total cost out.
I won't argue that she's probably a liberal. I don't really care about that stuff so it means nothing to me either way.
What are you basing your second statement on? As I read my post I see that it kind of implies that she was behind the wheel, which is not what she meant. I am sure that she was in the back seat with a veil on.
I saw the interview and don't really understand what she gains by stretching the truth. I believe her, if she's lying then she's duped me. Not the first woman to do it and almost certainly not the last.
I found the interview on pbs' (fantastic) website: http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/02222008/watch2.html
You might want to do a little reading about the current state of things. Saw an excellent interview with Sarah Chayes on PBS over the weekend. I can't remember what show it was on. She is an American that lives in Afghanistan now, her story is pretty cool http://chayes.blogs.nytimes.com/
The best quote from her was along the lines of 'They have paved the roads in Kanahar, which is great, but if you drive on them you'll be shaken down by the government in the day and the taliban at night.' She said that before the taliban fell that she could drive into Kandahar (when the roads were dirt), but wouldn't dream of doing it now (she was making a point, not saying that they should come back).
She is on the ground there living as a citizen and doesn't think that the taliban is going anywhere anytime soon. Her opinion of the government is that we have replaced the taliban with criminals.
wasn't really an aficionado when I did, but I could never tell the difference between a good Venezuelan and a Cuban.
I was told by the old guy at the Cigar shop (who was trying to sell me something) that a lot of growers moved there when Cuba took their land away.
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"maybe the kids wanted to be robbed....maybe that was their wish..."
no idea why that image popped into my mind.
but, and this just may be me, I would say that I would be MUCH more likely to create more music if I had time to sit around doing nothing...but now that I think about it I would probably just sit around half drunk and all the way stoned making up songs about my dog.
But then again I seem to do a fair amount of that right now.
What innovation would shorter copyrights on music create? I don't disagree with your point in general, I just don't see that it applies to music.
I know that you were probably just using messageboard histrionics, but being bad with money doesn't make you an idiot, it just means you are bad with money. I write this as an admitted idiot, but I don't think that it is because I am bad with my money.
However, if you suddenly come into a shit ton of money and don't hire a financial advisor then you probably do deserve what you get.
Amusing aside...I can remember driving thru the armpits of America in a shitty van dreaming about if we could just get popular enough to make enough money to own a house (1) that everyone could live in and made enough that we didn't have to have real jobs that we would consider that "making it".