I'm not cruel, I'm objective. Good vs Evil is a logical fallacy; It's subjective, a matter of perspective, and as such both sides are good and bad at the same time. Further, good men can do bad things and bad men can do good, or the results of their actions can be interpreted in many ways.
World War II wasn't fought between the Good(tm) Allies and the Bad(tm) Nazi's, despite what grade school History tells you. The world is more complex than that, and I find the idea of someone who doesn't know that being in a position of power over me abhorrent. If that offends you, that is your problem. I make no excuses for wanting to be governed and led by people who have a better grasp of morality than a child.
There will never be a WWIII. That requires two sides. One good, one evil.
Can we get this modded up (underrated), then modded down just once to +4? I think this level of naivety should be on display, for all to see.
It's people like this who vote for your president, who sit in your juries, who work in your police force. Dear god, this is the thinking of a seven year old! I sincerely hope the poster is not in a position of responsibility over anything at all.
If a child behaves inappropriately outside of school grounds, why is it the fault of the school? The parent has not taught the child right from wrong, that there are consequences for their actions, and that behaving rationally and acceptably is more rewarding than behaving antisocially and abusively.
If there were a group of kids wearing Henley's hooded jumpers going around slashing car tyres, would you hold Henley's responsible? Schools are to educate children to a basic level in academic subjects. They are not moral guides, they are not a substitute for parenting, and they are certainly not responsible for the actions of students when they are out of school any more than an employer is responsible for an employees activities when not acting as an agent or representative of the company.
If you wish to run a Nazi website, that is your business. You as yourself are that person, and that's your right. If you don't bring it to the workplace, or associate your activities with that workplace, then who am I to judge? The rules SHOULD stop at the front entrance.
I'm saying that there are other people responsible for teaching students about responsible social behaviour, and that is tied in with and built upon with the advice I give. I am no expert in teaching a child to behave responsibly, or even in education, but I do know a lot about eSafety, and that's what I can advise on.
Look up the acronym SMIDSY. You are small, and drivers are looking for large objects on the road. It's not their fault, it's the majority of traffic and they become accustomed to it subconsciously. You need to make a concerted effort to look for objects which you don't expect to see, and many lazy drivers don't.
Help them by wearing high visibility clothing / reflective vests, and using lights even in the daytime.
Disclosure: Motorcyclist, wear a high vis vest and ride with lights on in the daytime, full-beam when not stationary.
Poorly. You'd need the APs distributed sufficiently to prevent overlap. You'd be better having everybody paying $15 to join and buying managed switches and hiring cable monkeys to wire it all up.
$60 routers between 4 will be horrible, but $1.5m of enterprise networking gear?
What kids do outside of school, in their own time with their own equipment, is no business of the schools. It's down to the parents.
Worked in (UK) education for 7 years. I offer advice and training to teachers to introduce safeguarding and online safety into the curriculum, and so far have positive feedback. What the kids do at home, however, isn't our business.
But in the open and fair society suggested, those who perpetrate such behaviour would be outed very quickly and not trusted in that position again. They would be accountable, and that in itself is a deterrent. There is no "privileged/inner circle/elite"; They are spokespeople, and they are elected, and their actions are documented and tracked the same as everyone elses in that society.
Yes, but I don't need 5 pre-configured DPI settings. I'd need to re-adjust my movements for every change, or the change isn't worth it. With just two settings ("High speed" and "High precision") I can manage every possible movement I could possible require. "Kind of fast but slower than almost as fast as the fastest setting" is a little overkill, IMHO.
Plus, you can get the Comfort Optical 3000 for £11. Either of those you suggested come out at at least 4x that.
Law is the set of rules to regulate anti-social behaviour within a community.
Breaking the law has consequences. These are, for serious breaches of the community rules (law), removal from that community (imprisonment).
Therefore, banning someone from an online community for breaking the ToS is akin to imprisoning (banishing, as was?) someone for breaking the law. You "jail" their ability to contribute to, or abuse the members of, that community.
Nobody is playing internet lawyer, they're offering analogy. Lern2grok.
Firstly, apples and oranges contain almost identical quantities of the same atoms. They are the same. Science wins.
Secondly, what nuclear dump are the Japanese living next to? The reactor containment vessels are still sealed; Even if there was a meltdown (which there won't be, the coolant system is full of seawater and boric acid now), it would still remain sealed. No long-lived radiation sources would leak. Chernobyl reactor 5 blew its top because of operator failure, not because of any engineering problem. It was sound until the people in charge screwed it up!
Anyway, if we shift over to fast breeder reactors, there won't be any nuclear waste dumps; The spent fuel is mixed with fresh stuff and put straight back into the reactor.
I have a Microsoft Comfort Optical Mouse 3000 (Great name, yeah?) with the red side button mapped to reduce the DPI 80%. I hold that button and I get 5x the accuracy, be it for gaming or image manipulation. I've not found a better solution so far.
So many people think of "nuclear meltdown" as "nuclear explosion". Not the case. Meltdown is just that; Melting down of the fuel. Gravity dictates that this fluid fuel will go down, so meltdown is of very little concern to anyone except the reactor ops. Remember that reactor 5 at Chernobyl exploded because of their idiocy on several levels, not because of any fault with the plant (which would have functioned perfectly well if the operators had followed procedure correctly and vented the pressure vessel when required).
I say bravo to the Japanese. They've done very well throughout all of this. The deaths reported are a result of a 9.0 earthquake and linked tidal wave, not any nuclear incident, and that just goes to show how safe it is. Interesting factoid from the article; The reactors were designed to withstand an 8.3 Richter scale quake. As the Richter scale is logarithmic, they withstood a quake seven times their maximum. The only "Woops!" point was when they shipped in portable generators to replace the tsunami-swamped diesel backups... With the wrong plugs.
Seriously, read that article and turn off CNN / Fox. They're actually lying to you.
Good, because I've been running better than 1080p since before it was called 1080p (got my 24" 1920x1200 monitor in 2007).
I can spend ã40 on a game for my PS3 that's, what, 3 years old? And it will be very, very close to what the PC version is like.
Only it will require the use of a controller as opposed to a kayboard and mouse. This may be a boon, I'm not passing judgement, but I prefer mouse + keyboard.
Or I can spend ã10 less on the PC version, but I'd need to spend hundreds of pounds upgrading my PC every year.
Wrong, wrong, WRONG. My PC is from 2006/7 (4 / 5 years old compared to your 3 year old PS3). Kentsfield Core 2 Quad Q6600, nForce 650SLI motherboard, GeForce 8800GTX graphics. I have upgraded nothing since I bought that, and I spent around £1000 at the time on it. Now you could argue that it's the equivalent of £250 per year since 2007 in upgrades, but you're missing a vital piece of information: I'm not upgrading my PC. It's 2011, I can still play Assassin's Creed II, Prototype, WoW, Mass Effect 2, any number of graphically intensive games titles at 1920 x 1200 at more than playable framerates. I have yet to encounter a game which I cannot play at detail levels which far exceed those of the latest generation of consoles.
And then I'd have to put up with all the DRM junk.
Uhhh... You must be new here. PS3 is DRM'd up the wazzoo! Blu-Ray? HDCP? My PC doesn't have those, and I get 1920x1200, thanks.
So no, right now, I don't really "get" the appeal of PC gaming. The cost vs reward doesn't add up.
Cool, that's fine! Just remember, though, it's opinion, and not one based entirely upon fact.
Edit: Fix UNICODE support. For fuck's sake, it's only been 14 years.
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No, I want the opposite device.
I want the "off" button to be as easy to press as possible.
I'm not cruel, I'm objective. Good vs Evil is a logical fallacy; It's subjective, a matter of perspective, and as such both sides are good and bad at the same time. Further, good men can do bad things and bad men can do good, or the results of their actions can be interpreted in many ways.
World War II wasn't fought between the Good(tm) Allies and the Bad(tm) Nazi's, despite what grade school History tells you. The world is more complex than that, and I find the idea of someone who doesn't know that being in a position of power over me abhorrent. If that offends you, that is your problem. I make no excuses for wanting to be governed and led by people who have a better grasp of morality than a child.
Scientists have also recently found the pot of gold, and it indeed was at the end of the rainbow.
Well, by rainbow I mean "technicolour yawn" and by pot of gold I mean "bowl of used water."
Fog City laminates have never failed me. They aren't generic fits, though.
There will never be a WWIII. That requires two sides. One good, one evil.
Can we get this modded up (underrated), then modded down just once to +4? I think this level of naivety should be on display, for all to see.
It's people like this who vote for your president, who sit in your juries, who work in your police force. Dear god, this is the thinking of a seven year old! I sincerely hope the poster is not in a position of responsibility over anything at all.
If a child behaves inappropriately outside of school grounds, why is it the fault of the school? The parent has not taught the child right from wrong, that there are consequences for their actions, and that behaving rationally and acceptably is more rewarding than behaving antisocially and abusively.
If there were a group of kids wearing Henley's hooded jumpers going around slashing car tyres, would you hold Henley's responsible? Schools are to educate children to a basic level in academic subjects. They are not moral guides, they are not a substitute for parenting, and they are certainly not responsible for the actions of students when they are out of school any more than an employer is responsible for an employees activities when not acting as an agent or representative of the company.
If you wish to run a Nazi website, that is your business. You as yourself are that person, and that's your right. If you don't bring it to the workplace, or associate your activities with that workplace, then who am I to judge? The rules SHOULD stop at the front entrance.
I'm saying that there are other people responsible for teaching students about responsible social behaviour, and that is tied in with and built upon with the advice I give. I am no expert in teaching a child to behave responsibly, or even in education, but I do know a lot about eSafety, and that's what I can advise on.
You can't build a house with just a bricklayer.
Babylon 5 was relatively realistic. At least the ships moved as though they were in a vacuum, and not like aircraft.
Not at all. Google Analytics does exactly what the parent posted. This is why that service is blacklisted at the router in my home.
Look up the acronym SMIDSY. You are small, and drivers are looking for large objects on the road. It's not their fault, it's the majority of traffic and they become accustomed to it subconsciously. You need to make a concerted effort to look for objects which you don't expect to see, and many lazy drivers don't.
Help them by wearing high visibility clothing / reflective vests, and using lights even in the daytime.
Disclosure: Motorcyclist, wear a high vis vest and ride with lights on in the daytime, full-beam when not stationary.
Poorly. You'd need the APs distributed sufficiently to prevent overlap. You'd be better having everybody paying $15 to join and buying managed switches and hiring cable monkeys to wire it all up.
$60 routers between 4 will be horrible, but $1.5m of enterprise networking gear?
What kids do outside of school, in their own time with their own equipment, is no business of the schools. It's down to the parents.
Worked in (UK) education for 7 years. I offer advice and training to teachers to introduce safeguarding and online safety into the curriculum, and so far have positive feedback. What the kids do at home, however, isn't our business.
But in the open and fair society suggested, those who perpetrate such behaviour would be outed very quickly and not trusted in that position again. They would be accountable, and that in itself is a deterrent. There is no "privileged/inner circle/elite"; They are spokespeople, and they are elected, and their actions are documented and tracked the same as everyone elses in that society.
It's elegant, but it wouldn't happen.
If that guy sits in your back seat with a pistol and a sign saying "I'll murder anybody who damages this car." I think you've made a sound investment.
Yes, but I don't need 5 pre-configured DPI settings. I'd need to re-adjust my movements for every change, or the change isn't worth it. With just two settings ("High speed" and "High precision") I can manage every possible movement I could possible require. "Kind of fast but slower than almost as fast as the fastest setting" is a little overkill, IMHO.
Plus, you can get the Comfort Optical 3000 for £11. Either of those you suggested come out at at least 4x that.
Law is the set of rules to regulate anti-social behaviour within a community.
Breaking the law has consequences. These are, for serious breaches of the community rules (law), removal from that community (imprisonment).
Therefore, banning someone from an online community for breaking the ToS is akin to imprisoning (banishing, as was?) someone for breaking the law. You "jail" their ability to contribute to, or abuse the members of, that community.
Nobody is playing internet lawyer, they're offering analogy. Lern2grok.
Firstly, apples and oranges contain almost identical quantities of the same atoms. They are the same. Science wins.
Secondly, what nuclear dump are the Japanese living next to? The reactor containment vessels are still sealed; Even if there was a meltdown (which there won't be, the coolant system is full of seawater and boric acid now), it would still remain sealed. No long-lived radiation sources would leak. Chernobyl reactor 5 blew its top because of operator failure, not because of any engineering problem. It was sound until the people in charge screwed it up!
Anyway, if we shift over to fast breeder reactors, there won't be any nuclear waste dumps; The spent fuel is mixed with fresh stuff and put straight back into the reactor.
I have a Microsoft Comfort Optical Mouse 3000 (Great name, yeah?) with the red side button mapped to reduce the DPI 80%. I hold that button and I get 5x the accuracy, be it for gaming or image manipulation. I've not found a better solution so far.
Yes, open source software doesn't require teaching. Just tell the uers to RTFM.
At least with OO.o / Libre Office, you don't have to pay for the privilege.
Alexander Litvinenko. Look him up.
Soap.
Ballot.
Jury.
Ammo.
I would reckon that you're somewhere between 2 and 3 on that list at the moment. Let's hope that's where it ends.
Excellent link, thank you.
So many people think of "nuclear meltdown" as "nuclear explosion". Not the case. Meltdown is just that; Melting down of the fuel. Gravity dictates that this fluid fuel will go down, so meltdown is of very little concern to anyone except the reactor ops. Remember that reactor 5 at Chernobyl exploded because of their idiocy on several levels, not because of any fault with the plant (which would have functioned perfectly well if the operators had followed procedure correctly and vented the pressure vessel when required).
I say bravo to the Japanese. They've done very well throughout all of this. The deaths reported are a result of a 9.0 earthquake and linked tidal wave, not any nuclear incident, and that just goes to show how safe it is. Interesting factoid from the article; The reactors were designed to withstand an 8.3 Richter scale quake. As the Richter scale is logarithmic, they withstood a quake seven times their maximum. The only "Woops!" point was when they shipped in portable generators to replace the tsunami-swamped diesel backups... With the wrong plugs.
Seriously, read that article and turn off CNN / Fox. They're actually lying to you.
Cortex A9 is 250mW per core at 1GHz
You're looking at, for a 240 core 2U node, 60W for CPUs. Pretty impressive.
They'd become outrageously rich puppet masters of talking heads around the world?
Oh wait, that's the science fiction writings of L. Ron Hubbard, not George Lucas.
The thing is, it's not all about graphics.
Good, because I've been running better than 1080p since before it was called 1080p (got my 24" 1920x1200 monitor in 2007).
I can spend ã40 on a game for my PS3 that's, what, 3 years old? And it will be very, very close to what the PC version is like.
Only it will require the use of a controller as opposed to a kayboard and mouse. This may be a boon, I'm not passing judgement, but I prefer mouse + keyboard.
Or I can spend ã10 less on the PC version, but I'd need to spend hundreds of pounds upgrading my PC every year.
Wrong, wrong, WRONG. My PC is from 2006/7 (4 / 5 years old compared to your 3 year old PS3). Kentsfield Core 2 Quad Q6600, nForce 650SLI motherboard, GeForce 8800GTX graphics. I have upgraded nothing since I bought that, and I spent around £1000 at the time on it. Now you could argue that it's the equivalent of £250 per year since 2007 in upgrades, but you're missing a vital piece of information: I'm not upgrading my PC. It's 2011, I can still play Assassin's Creed II, Prototype, WoW, Mass Effect 2, any number of graphically intensive games titles at 1920 x 1200 at more than playable framerates. I have yet to encounter a game which I cannot play at detail levels which far exceed those of the latest generation of consoles.
And then I'd have to put up with all the DRM junk.
Uhhh... You must be new here. PS3 is DRM'd up the wazzoo! Blu-Ray? HDCP? My PC doesn't have those, and I get 1920x1200, thanks.
So no, right now, I don't really "get" the appeal of PC gaming. The cost vs reward doesn't add up.
Cool, that's fine! Just remember, though, it's opinion, and not one based entirely upon fact.
Edit: Fix UNICODE support. For fuck's sake, it's only been 14 years.
£ £ £ £ £ £ £ < Fix that.