Why is that? the people at Top/Fifth Gear know how to drive... especially on "streets" where its all in slow-mo compared to what they are used to/have done...
Hammond had a crash in a jet-car...injured, sure... lived, walks, basically fine... cause he had "gear"... some guy who drives to and from work, maybe the odd venture out on the weekends... is far more likely to fuck-up, and when the shit hits the fan they panic, unlike a professional driver who can stay relatively aware of whats happening, and prepair...etc...
Yeah, right. They said Gears... wasn't going to have a... version, either. Bungie said... their... project... wouldn't be Halo... Game... their future plans... War... will have a PC version, it'll just be... wrung... out... Mark.
Perhaps he meant the distributor upsampled it, maybe it was originally ripped at 160kbps, but then they upsampled it to 320 so people might be more tempted to buy it... he never said that it improved quality.
But I think that's more of a problem with P2P than sellers, because the space required to hold the songs is almost the same as if it was originally ripped at 320kbps...
True, but the humans would just become part of the algorithm, I doubt Google would rely entirely on user input to guide the results.
What I'd like to see, is a combination, like Rank X% of Method A before X% of Method B, or a switch, so you can search the old-school way by page title, or by Google's normal way, or by user-comment...
Although I find it interesting, basically turning the Web into a Slashdot/Digg/etc of sorts because it could be extremely helpful if you pretend people will respect it, it will most likely just turn into a troll war, this sux0rz, that rox0rz, and serve no purpose at all, ontop of the marketing nonsense which probably isnt a side-effect, but the reason its being done to beginwith.
Not to mention other things, like anonymity (which doesnt really exist) who's to stop people from tracking who added 'Comment A' to 'Website X'... "wow this person knows a lot about weapons, must be a tourorist!"... or a disease, etc, etc which can easily be mined without Googles help... I think it should be simplified, like moderation, +1, -1, and maybe an option to add a relevant URL which weeds out ads, and checked against a blacklist that is user-created (not perfect, but probably better than some single group doing it, Wikipedia isnt perfect, but works pretty well), and no actual comments.
Yeah I am aware of those, however, the OP, as well as myself seem to prefer Opera, and dont deem this as worthy of switching browsers entirely. If he had said "In Firefox" then I would have suggested those...
However, Opera is capable of the same thing, disable JavaScript (or Java entirely if you want) then enable it on a per-site basis, even so far as allowing or disabling specific content/scripts within a certain page via Opera's built in stuff, or using custom (or ones people have made) CSS and JS's, etc etc...
The easiest is usually just using the "Block Content" (per-site basis on the context menu, different from 'Blocked Content' main settings) option, where it dims the stuff that can't be blocked, then you just click on anything you want to block.
Plus, there is various plugins and widgets that can do the same, or different (albeit a much smaller userbase/community than Firefox)
lol... actually, it could work... insert goatse into the error dialog, or about box, or if it deals with images, every 50th image is, or has an overlay of goatse...
"see? there's no quality control here, we need to fix it"
Yeah ok so its not the best idea, as someone will probably get fired, not to mention pissing off clients, but I bet they pay more attention to the coding there-after...
You have tried adding something like *.google-analytics.com/* and/or http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js or maybe *urchin*.js directly...into Opera's 'Blocked Content' right? (as well as http://*.googlesyndication.com/*, etc)
Or you can set your options for cookies, java, etc using the google-analytics "Site Preferences", just right-click an empty area of a website (or go to Google-Analytics directly?), "Edit Site Preferences" then change the URL from that one, to goo~-anal~ (heh)... then set your prefs...
Works for me, as much as I need it to, but, as for blocking it outright, you'll have to use your HOSTS (or equivalent) file, router, or firewall, etc... to block it.
6MB here (Alberta, CA) for what you are paying, 10MB would be about $80 a month, but that doesnt mean anything as im in a fairly populous city, in Edmonton and Calgary you can get 25MB lines...however basically within walking distance (15KM) they barely have dial-up (28.8), as a random estimate I would probably say that the average speed for Alberta as a whole would be about 1MB... BC, which has integrated DSL more so, is probably averaging 3MB... with highs (excluding business lines 100MBit+) up to 25MB and lows of 28.8/36.6/56 dial-up...
And on a serious note, it is "Your", your way is: "You Are Shit Is All Retarded." but that kinda works with some help: "You Are Shit Foo! You Is Like All 'Tarded Mofo"
You can watch them (except part 5) on Guba (change query to find the rest)
I think it was part 8 specifically. I got the DVD but its been awhile since I wandered through it... But its fairly brief, everything on the difference between 2, 3 and 4 Dimensions is basically described as it was here, and just as brief.
However, its still a good way to spend 13 hours because of everything else he covered in that series.
Although I agree for the most part, there is a really simple solution; don't play games like that.
No one is forcing you to play all these complex games, and there is no shortage of simple Mario style games.
If someone wants to spend 14 hours a day playing WoW, that's their choice (or fault) and if you wanna play Tetris for 45 minutes, thats yours...
Personally, I like to alternate between both, or in some cases games will have an "Arcade" and a "Simulation" sort of setting, so you can piss around, or take it seriously as you wish.
2008 is shaping up as the year's coldest twenty-first century
Slashdot commented upon in the year 2008 will be the coldest this century, according to data supplied by the British Meteorological Office, due to the climatic phenomenon of "girls" that cools the waters of the Pacific Ocean.
Kickass, so according to the Google translation of Spanish... all we need are more girls, and the planet wont get hotter?...huh... it would be a climactic phenomenon though...
lol, although true with some organizations, in most if neither was allowed, it wouldnt function.
What should be done, is specialized equipement, like Secure Universal Serial Bus Sticks (various patents pending), or something that functions basically the same, (hotplugging and such) but has a modified connection so it doesnt use the normal USB one, and looks different without having to really inspect it to tell, and always encrypted.
Ontop of that, well layed-out and mandatory procedures for handling the data when transporting, such as a shock collar sort of thing, where if it gets to a certain distance away from the given person/transport, some warning is given, and/or specialized lock-boxes for the equipement, and for more sensitive data, probably a tracking device.
I think most of the problem is they use regular consumer devices, so naturally there is an increased risk of theft: "nice laptop, mine now", and people treating the media as just a normal CD, or USB sticks as a pack of gum, toss it on the dash, drive off, leave it on the counter and go to the bathroom, etc.
You spat out that long paragraph of "Free the Panda's", but encryption, plug-ins, and OSS or not, this wouldn't solve the problem, the main problem here, is data LOSS, as in "whoops, I dropped it down the drain" (stolen/lost laptops, CDs, USBs, etc) about half of the data was encrypted, which means that there is probably a 75% chance (random pseudo-statistic) that the information is secure, but that has nothing to do with the fact that they lost all that data, although identity theft is a factor, this is mostly about "What the fuck do we know now?"... re-acquiring a lot of that information could take months, sometimes years, and in other cases never happen at all.
Yes the various networks need beter security, but they also need to stop letting Bob and Diane taking their work to the cafe when they have sensitive data.
How do you propose that they "prove competence", as far as I can tell, that seems to be what's happening, some organizations, have proved their competence, others, such as this, have failed.
Granted, information distribution isn't exactly new, however the method and/or media used to transfer the information is/has changed, and is being increasingly adopted, so they all have to figure it out.
Besides, I don't think it's "humanly" possible to transport this amount of information with absolutely no spillage at all.
That said, I'm not really making excuses, as even 4 Million is much larger than it should be, that's what, 6 to 7% of the population? That's basically epidemic, and is certainly pandemic given that the UK isn't the only one.
Dim Perl As String.WriteOnly If You = Well.Disciplined.Person And Write.Comments(UBound(Perl.Lines) = True Then
If Decrypt(Flow) Then
Such Things Happen
Elseif Other.Languages = (C++ Or Java Or Python)
Decrypt.Method += Hard
End If End If If Syntax.Contains("$") Then
Return Format(My.Opinion, Humble) & "Bad Syntax" Else
Return Format("", Opinions.Null) End If
Ok, so the code sucks (in VB no less)... but, I just found the way you wrote your comment kinda weird...
Thanks, although its only a "possible" (albeit very plausible) cause.
I'm a bit suprised there isnt more stories, "Man gets frustrated, burns seat infront of him" etc, or "Bond wannabe catches his martini on fire"... "Man hijacks airliner with lit cigarette, pilot has seizure recalling childhood torture, 87 killed"
Indeed, however obviously doing the reverse, and having it opt-in, would exclude telemarketing almost entirely, (which would be a good thing, but not from their point of view, and their associates) and probably lead to things like bundling telemarketing plans with your phone bill, and if you opt-out there, your rates go up... so opt-out is probably a better option, although bundling may happen anyways as most people are becoming used to it now arbitrarily, hey why not tack it on as manditory?
[ ] I would like to install Google Toolbar with my new long distance plan. (-5$ From monthly bill) [ ] I do not wish to participate in the telemarketing option. (+15$ to your montly bill)
Besides, of the nearly 0% (0.001% according to BlueG3) of Nanos, of the far less percentage on airplanes at any given moment...
Say one catches fire, what the hell are the odds of anything but "Shit, Not My Nano!" and a puff of smoke happening? Anyone holding/directly attached to one would notice really quick, and its not exactly a bonfire, dropping it would probably put it out, any in luggage, would probably just smolder a bit, but do nothing but wreck a shirt or two... hell, even in optimal conditions, I don't think anything of significance would happen, unless you happen to transport your nano wrapped in a bag of gasoline or something, and even then isn't the luggage compartments at atmosphere (ie: not pressurized like the cabin?)...etc...
How many planes caught fire and crashed when smoking was still legal on planes? (still is on some airlines)... probably zero, and thats an open flame and/or ember... im sure a few seats, or maybe a curtain has caught fire from that... ive never heard of a crash or anyone dying from it though [Citation Please?] If it exists.
Slashdot Mirror
Why is that? the people at Top/Fifth Gear know how to drive... especially on "streets" where its all in slow-mo compared to what they are used to/have done...
Hammond had a crash in a jet-car...injured, sure... lived, walks, basically fine... cause he had "gear"... some guy who drives to and from work, maybe the odd venture out on the weekends... is far more likely to fuck-up, and when the shit hits the fan they panic, unlike a professional driver who can stay relatively aware of whats happening, and prepair...etc...
Which words exactly? cause, you know...
Yeah, right. They said Gears ... wasn't going to have a ... version, either. Bungie said ... their ... project ... wouldn't be Halo ... Game ... their future plans ... War ... will have a PC version, it'll just be ... wrung ... out ... Mark.
Thanx Mark.
If by terrorist you mean any indie game maker that hasnt signed up or follow the rules, then yes.
W = ,
A = A
S = O
D = E
Its much easier to say "AOE" than ",AOE" or "AE,O" or something...
Perhaps he meant the distributor upsampled it, maybe it was originally ripped at 160kbps, but then they upsampled it to 320 so people might be more tempted to buy it... he never said that it improved quality.
But I think that's more of a problem with P2P than sellers, because the space required to hold the songs is almost the same as if it was originally ripped at 320kbps...
I dated graphite once, she wasnt very original, kinda flaky, and left dark marks on me... Diamonds, is still playing hard to get though...
True, but the humans would just become part of the algorithm, I doubt Google would rely entirely on user input to guide the results.
What I'd like to see, is a combination, like Rank X% of Method A before X% of Method B, or a switch, so you can search the old-school way by page title, or by Google's normal way, or by user-comment...
Although I find it interesting, basically turning the Web into a Slashdot/Digg/etc of sorts because it could be extremely helpful if you pretend people will respect it, it will most likely just turn into a troll war, this sux0rz, that rox0rz, and serve no purpose at all, ontop of the marketing nonsense which probably isnt a side-effect, but the reason its being done to beginwith.
Not to mention other things, like anonymity (which doesnt really exist) who's to stop people from tracking who added 'Comment A' to 'Website X'... "wow this person knows a lot about weapons, must be a tourorist!"... or a disease, etc, etc which can easily be mined without Googles help... I think it should be simplified, like moderation, +1, -1, and maybe an option to add a relevant URL which weeds out ads, and checked against a blacklist that is user-created (not perfect, but probably better than some single group doing it, Wikipedia isnt perfect, but works pretty well), and no actual comments.
Yeah, god damn those queers, always pushing from behind... wait, queues... nevermind...
Yeah I am aware of those, however, the OP, as well as myself seem to prefer Opera, and dont deem this as worthy of switching browsers entirely. If he had said "In Firefox" then I would have suggested those...
However, Opera is capable of the same thing, disable JavaScript (or Java entirely if you want) then enable it on a per-site basis, even so far as allowing or disabling specific content/scripts within a certain page via Opera's built in stuff, or using custom (or ones people have made) CSS and JS's, etc etc...
The easiest is usually just using the "Block Content" (per-site basis on the context menu, different from 'Blocked Content' main settings) option, where it dims the stuff that can't be blocked, then you just click on anything you want to block.
Plus, there is various plugins and widgets that can do the same, or different (albeit a much smaller userbase/community than Firefox)
lol... actually, it could work... insert goatse into the error dialog, or about box, or if it deals with images, every 50th image is, or has an overlay of goatse...
"see? there's no quality control here, we need to fix it"
Yeah ok so its not the best idea, as someone will probably get fired, not to mention pissing off clients, but I bet they pay more attention to the coding there-after...
You have tried adding something like *.google-analytics.com/* and/or http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js or maybe *urchin*.js directly...into Opera's 'Blocked Content' right? (as well as http://*.googlesyndication.com/*, etc)
Or you can set your options for cookies, java, etc using the google-analytics "Site Preferences", just right-click an empty area of a website (or go to Google-Analytics directly?), "Edit Site Preferences" then change the URL from that one, to goo~-anal~ (heh)... then set your prefs...
Works for me, as much as I need it to, but, as for blocking it outright, you'll have to use your HOSTS (or equivalent) file, router, or firewall, etc... to block it.
6MB here (Alberta, CA) for what you are paying, 10MB would be about $80 a month, but that doesnt mean anything as im in a fairly populous city, in Edmonton and Calgary you can get 25MB lines...however basically within walking distance (15KM) they barely have dial-up (28.8), as a random estimate I would probably say that the average speed for Alberta as a whole would be about 1MB... BC, which has integrated DSL more so, is probably averaging 3MB... with highs (excluding business lines 100MBit+) up to 25MB and lows of 28.8/36.6/56 dial-up...
Pfft... All Your Shit's Are Belong To 'Tards.
And on a serious note, it is "Your", your way is: "You Are Shit Is All Retarded." but that kinda works with some help: "You Are Shit Foo! You Is Like All 'Tarded Mofo"
Indeed it was...
You can watch them (except part 5) on Guba (change query to find the rest)
I think it was part 8 specifically. I got the DVD but its been awhile since I wandered through it... But its fairly brief, everything on the difference between 2, 3 and 4 Dimensions is basically described as it was here, and just as brief.
However, its still a good way to spend 13 hours because of everything else he covered in that series.
Although I agree for the most part, there is a really simple solution; don't play games like that.
No one is forcing you to play all these complex games, and there is no shortage of simple Mario style games.
If someone wants to spend 14 hours a day playing WoW, that's their choice (or fault) and if you wanna play Tetris for 45 minutes, thats yours...
Personally, I like to alternate between both, or in some cases games will have an "Arcade" and a "Simulation" sort of setting, so you can piss around, or take it seriously as you wish.
2008 is shaping up as the year's coldest twenty-first century
Slashdot commented upon in the year 2008 will be the coldest this century, according to data supplied by the British Meteorological Office, due to the climatic phenomenon of "girls" that cools the waters of the Pacific Ocean.
Kickass, so according to the Google translation of Spanish... all we need are more girls, and the planet wont get hotter?...huh... it would be a climactic phenomenon though...
lol, although true with some organizations, in most if neither was allowed, it wouldnt function.
What should be done, is specialized equipement, like Secure Universal Serial Bus Sticks (various patents pending), or something that functions basically the same, (hotplugging and such) but has a modified connection so it doesnt use the normal USB one, and looks different without having to really inspect it to tell, and always encrypted.
Ontop of that, well layed-out and mandatory procedures for handling the data when transporting, such as a shock collar sort of thing, where if it gets to a certain distance away from the given person/transport, some warning is given, and/or specialized lock-boxes for the equipement, and for more sensitive data, probably a tracking device.
I think most of the problem is they use regular consumer devices, so naturally there is an increased risk of theft: "nice laptop, mine now", and people treating the media as just a normal CD, or USB sticks as a pack of gum, toss it on the dash, drive off, leave it on the counter and go to the bathroom, etc.
No it doesn't you OSS junkie.
You spat out that long paragraph of "Free the Panda's", but encryption, plug-ins, and OSS or not, this wouldn't solve the problem, the main problem here, is data LOSS, as in "whoops, I dropped it down the drain" (stolen/lost laptops, CDs, USBs, etc) about half of the data was encrypted, which means that there is probably a 75% chance (random pseudo-statistic) that the information is secure, but that has nothing to do with the fact that they lost all that data, although identity theft is a factor, this is mostly about "What the fuck do we know now?"... re-acquiring a lot of that information could take months, sometimes years, and in other cases never happen at all.
Yes the various networks need beter security, but they also need to stop letting Bob and Diane taking their work to the cafe when they have sensitive data.
How do you propose that they "prove competence", as far as I can tell, that seems to be what's happening, some organizations, have proved their competence, others, such as this, have failed.
Granted, information distribution isn't exactly new, however the method and/or media used to transfer the information is/has changed, and is being increasingly adopted, so they all have to figure it out.
Besides, I don't think it's "humanly" possible to transport this amount of information with absolutely no spillage at all.
That said, I'm not really making excuses, as even 4 Million is much larger than it should be, that's what, 6 to 7% of the population? That's basically epidemic, and is certainly pandemic given that the UK isn't the only one.
But... what happened to Nintendo Wii Targeted In patent Lawsuit
Like, was it bogus? or did Nintendo or something tell you guys to remove it? Or is my browser editing Slashdot now?
Dim Perl As String.WriteOnly
If You = Well.Disciplined.Person And Write.Comments(UBound(Perl.Lines) = True Then
If Decrypt(Flow) Then
Such Things Happen
Elseif Other.Languages = (C++ Or Java Or Python)
Decrypt.Method += Hard
End If
End If
If Syntax.Contains("$") Then
Return Format(My.Opinion, Humble) & "Bad Syntax"
Else
Return Format("", Opinions.Null)
End If
Ok, so the code sucks (in VB no less)... but, I just found the way you wrote your comment kinda weird...
Thanks, although its only a "possible" (albeit very plausible) cause.
I'm a bit suprised there isnt more stories, "Man gets frustrated, burns seat infront of him" etc, or "Bond wannabe catches his martini on fire"... "Man hijacks airliner with lit cigarette, pilot has seizure recalling childhood torture, 87 killed"
Indeed, however obviously doing the reverse, and having it opt-in, would exclude telemarketing almost entirely, (which would be a good thing, but not from their point of view, and their associates) and probably lead to things like bundling telemarketing plans with your phone bill, and if you opt-out there, your rates go up... so opt-out is probably a better option, although bundling may happen anyways as most people are becoming used to it now arbitrarily, hey why not tack it on as manditory?
[ ] I would like to install Google Toolbar with my new long distance plan. (-5$ From monthly bill)
[ ] I do not wish to participate in the telemarketing option. (+15$ to your montly bill)
Holy Shit Stephen Hawking!, you're selling inflatable underwear? I'll buy a dozen if you autograph them!
It would only be a nano-fire anyways...
Besides, of the nearly 0% (0.001% according to BlueG3) of Nanos, of the far less percentage on airplanes at any given moment...
Say one catches fire, what the hell are the odds of anything but "Shit, Not My Nano!" and a puff of smoke happening? Anyone holding/directly attached to one would notice really quick, and its not exactly a bonfire, dropping it would probably put it out, any in luggage, would probably just smolder a bit, but do nothing but wreck a shirt or two... hell, even in optimal conditions, I don't think anything of significance would happen, unless you happen to transport your nano wrapped in a bag of gasoline or something, and even then isn't the luggage compartments at atmosphere (ie: not pressurized like the cabin?)...etc...
How many planes caught fire and crashed when smoking was still legal on planes? (still is on some airlines)... probably zero, and thats an open flame and/or ember... im sure a few seats, or maybe a curtain has caught fire from that... ive never heard of a crash or anyone dying from it though [Citation Please?] If it exists.