I can't believe how many morons on youtube thought that was a real commercial. I know (with that/. ID) you didn't. Here is the movie http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099316/.
Ah yes... my first social engineering... getting into the grading program at school. All the teachers knew I was the guy to ask about computers (even though I wasn't really that big of a geek in school). So it was really pretty easy to confuse a teacher about which password to give me (system/app - but either is still bad to give to a student). I prevented a few of my buddies from failing English that year.
Arguably, it was the Christian Right that brought us critical thought. e.g. Luther v.s. the Papacy. I think we had the ability to think critically way before your precious christian cult started working it's magic.
I think you missed the point of that question. he is asking if we, the US, can take a POW without declaring a traditional war. nobody said vietnam POW's aren't POW's. Damn, read and breath before replying.
I feel like the new eBay is mostly for soccer moms who don't know of alternatives, or for people who have very specialized interests with no other options (usually there are other, cheaper, safer options). Like what? Yahoo Shopping... that sucks. Ubid sucks. Craigslist is awesome, but only local and usually much less selection (I doubt I will find 100 Precision Workstations on there anytime soon). So really, what are these options you speak of?
Should we also wear 5 point restraining harnesses, helmets, fire proof (thick and hot) fabric from head to toe all while having firefighters and EMT's posted no more than a mile away from each car?
I don't know about your logic arguments. You claim that "global warming is an average trend over large time scales (decades, even)". Which I think you have under-estimated. Then you point to a 5 year average and a 7 year time span. Fuck man, stick to your own arguments!
Also notice the data he points to and look at how you can obviously see the trends by just looking for the minus sign. That tells me:
1880-1920 = cold
1920-1960 = warm
1960-1980 = cold
1980-current = warm
so my guess is...
current - 2020 = warm
2020 - 2040/60 = cold
I think temperature and weather are things we really know little about. These damn people can't even tell me with any certainty what will happen this weekend!!! So predicting any climate beyond Friday is just them BSing ya!
And yes, I am just talking out my ass.
And then that you went on to say that even though it might not be the reason it is all happening, we should pass laws about it, just in case.
What you and the OP are saying is that I should throw out half of the food I keep in my fridge every week to cut down on potential food spoilage. That doesn't make sense.
I am seriously not trying to troll...
Isn't this how our current government is supposed to work? Corps are people for this discussion. People are supposed to support the representatives that hold the same values as they do. That is all these companies are doing.
Furthermore, isn't a rep supposed to do what the people of his district say? Obviously this crap is going to come out of CA!
All this is... is our system working as we (or the reps, supported by corps) have created it.
At least that is how it seems to me. That is why I support limited/small government inititives. Hell, I might support about anything that promised to actually mix things up a bit.
Please carefully use the word ignorant. The GP stated that a 47 year old is probably more savvy than a 72 year old. Like all generalizations, there are exceptions, such as you, but for the most part he is probably right on. This is more true when you consider career, and other factors (as he did).
So for you to claim that he is ignorant for pointing out what is conceded by most 70+ year olds... seems obtuse and/or ignorant.
You may have it backwards...
How about we not let everyone else piss us off? How about we just shrug and move on when someone doesn't run their country/religion the way we like it? See, it isn't as much about us pissing people off, as it is about us getting all worked up and then over-extending. When we over-extend, we deny rights to others, we barge into affairs that are not really any of our business, and we make asses of ourselves.
So yes, let's quit pissing everyone off, but first, let's quit getting pissed when someone does things a little different.
As for political, yes, it has changed the face of politics for good. Where is compassion without christianity or judaism I ask you? Like the romans had any compassion. And what about "good samaritan" laws? I'd like to be helped out if I was in danger, don't know about you. The whole point of the bible is that it brings out what nobody wants to do but what we all want done to us Now the GP was trolling, but I am in full rant mode.
Where is compassion without christianity??? WHAT? You just made the most ignorant, hipocrytical, bigoted comment possible. You just stated that nobody, save a christian, can feel compassion.
You also went on to say that nobody would help anyone out unless they are a god-fearing person. This is the problem I have with christians: You all think that the world is evil if it is not on your side. You cannot rationally take a position on a subject becuase you believe that all that do not agree with you are evil. Christians also feel it is their need to spread this virus to others. You feel that if someone does not think like you, they must be converted, or face eternal damnation. You toil to save their soul. You pray that they see the light. And you pass laws to "guide" us to said light.
"Of all tyrannies a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive." C.S. Lewis
I cannot wait for the fall of christianity... my only fear is that it will be after I die and I will never be able to see a life without the influence of the self-righteous bigots.
Actually there are quite a few LCDs that only have VGA. Everyone we purchase at work only has VGA, probably because we buy the cheapest monitors possible (Word and Excel don't require the latest and greatest). Not only that, we usually end up with Acer's that have 1280x1024 (good for office use, most use lower) and 5ms response time. Not really that bad for the cheapest possible buy. Worth using a DVI to VGA adapter if needed.
Can we now have ads that can "link" to perform actions?
A good example is... When I see an ad for a new show starting next Thursday, I want to press a button (or soft button) and say "record that show". Same goes for PPV. There is tons of money in this for advertising. Linking televisions ads to websites, programs, or anything else related to a PC is the future, but I am too lazy to try it. Will this be the ticket?
Funny how you use 'reincarnate'. Now you aren't laughing at that pharaoh that wrapped himself tightly for some crazy trip to reincarnation (aka a few thousand years til science catches up).
I have put in service calls with Dell like this at least a dozen times, and only once have I not had the tech in-house the next day. That was the tech's fault for not letting Dell know he was out of town. But I knew him from before, he called and let me know what happened, and he was out the next day... NBD.
Unfortunately (or not) I am removing Outlook 2007 right now and can't get to the email. But if you have an account with Dell, you can now pass their tech certification course and skip their tech support all together. From what I remember you can troubleshoot the computer and order the replacement part yourself. Couple hours later, it arrives and you replace it yourself. No tech support, no stupid on-site tech. I have signed up to take the test, but didn't get much further than that...
ah yes, but the morons that created those useless hypercard stacks are now looking back at how they began their carrer, and (at least me) wishing perhaps they hadn't just fucked around with hypercard and actually tried to learn more about it. Maybe I would have been a web programmer in '95 (as a kid genius) instead of '05 (so I would have actually made some money at it).
So what will this new generation look back on and wish they had done more with? Maybe not youtube, but myspace and facebook provide quite a bit of customization and "coding" for the lay person/n00b (CSS, widgets and whatnot).
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I can't believe how many morons on youtube thought that was a real commercial. I know (with that /. ID) you didn't. Here is the movie http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099316/.
Ah yes... my first social engineering... getting into the grading program at school. All the teachers knew I was the guy to ask about computers (even though I wasn't really that big of a geek in school). So it was really pretty easy to confuse a teacher about which password to give me (system/app - but either is still bad to give to a student). I prevented a few of my buddies from failing English that year.
Cat got your tongue? (something important seems to be missing from your comment ... like the body or the subject!)
There, fixed that Subject for ya.
Excellent link, thanks very much!!
I think you missed the point of that question. he is asking if we, the US, can take a POW without declaring a traditional war. nobody said vietnam POW's aren't POW's. Damn, read and breath before replying.
Should we also wear 5 point restraining harnesses, helmets, fire proof (thick and hot) fabric from head to toe all while having firefighters and EMT's posted no more than a mile away from each car?
I don't think your comparing apples to apples.
I don't know about your logic arguments. You claim that "global warming is an average trend over large time scales (decades, even)". Which I think you have under-estimated. Then you point to a 5 year average and a 7 year time span. Fuck man, stick to your own arguments!
Also notice the data he points to and look at how you can obviously see the trends by just looking for the minus sign.
That tells me:
1880-1920 = cold
1920-1960 = warm
1960-1980 = cold
1980-current = warm
so my guess is...
current - 2020 = warm
2020 - 2040/60 = cold
I think temperature and weather are things we really know little about. These damn people can't even tell me with any certainty what will happen this weekend!!! So predicting any climate beyond Friday is just them BSing ya!
And yes, I am just talking out my ass.
THE SUBJECT! Duh.
And then that you went on to say that even though it might not be the reason it is all happening, we should pass laws about it, just in case.
What you and the OP are saying is that I should throw out half of the food I keep in my fridge every week to cut down on potential food spoilage. That doesn't make sense.
I am seriously not trying to troll...
Isn't this how our current government is supposed to work? Corps are people for this discussion. People are supposed to support the representatives that hold the same values as they do. That is all these companies are doing.
Furthermore, isn't a rep supposed to do what the people of his district say? Obviously this crap is going to come out of CA!
All this is... is our system working as we (or the reps, supported by corps) have created it.
At least that is how it seems to me. That is why I support limited/small government inititives. Hell, I might support about anything that promised to actually mix things up a bit.
Please carefully use the word ignorant. The GP stated that a 47 year old is probably more savvy than a 72 year old. Like all generalizations, there are exceptions, such as you, but for the most part he is probably right on. This is more true when you consider career, and other factors (as he did).
So for you to claim that he is ignorant for pointing out what is conceded by most 70+ year olds... seems obtuse and/or ignorant.
You may have it backwards...
How about we not let everyone else piss us off? How about we just shrug and move on when someone doesn't run their country/religion the way we like it? See, it isn't as much about us pissing people off, as it is about us getting all worked up and then over-extending. When we over-extend, we deny rights to others, we barge into affairs that are not really any of our business, and we make asses of ourselves.
So yes, let's quit pissing everyone off, but first, let's quit getting pissed when someone does things a little different.
Dude, are you posting reply's to yourself? PhongUK and PerdixUK??? Get a life, quit having a conversation with yourself on /.
Where is compassion without christianity??? WHAT? You just made the most ignorant, hipocrytical, bigoted comment possible. You just stated that nobody, save a christian, can feel compassion.
You also went on to say that nobody would help anyone out unless they are a god-fearing person. This is the problem I have with christians: You all think that the world is evil if it is not on your side. You cannot rationally take a position on a subject becuase you believe that all that do not agree with you are evil. Christians also feel it is their need to spread this virus to others. You feel that if someone does not think like you, they must be converted, or face eternal damnation. You toil to save their soul. You pray that they see the light. And you pass laws to "guide" us to said light.
"Of all tyrannies a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive." C.S. Lewis
I cannot wait for the fall of christianity... my only fear is that it will be after I die and I will never be able to see a life without the influence of the self-righteous bigots.
People that don't know better will be like: "Hey filtered is better than nothing. Can't bitch about free."
The christians will say: "Not only is this a great product, but free as well. Plus they will filter out all the smut... HOW WONDERFUL!"
1% will say: "Fuck that. Don't tell me how to surf."
And the rest don't give a shit. I give this a better than average chance of going through.
Actually there are quite a few LCDs that only have VGA. Everyone we purchase at work only has VGA, probably because we buy the cheapest monitors possible (Word and Excel don't require the latest and greatest). Not only that, we usually end up with Acer's that have 1280x1024 (good for office use, most use lower) and 5ms response time. Not really that bad for the cheapest possible buy. Worth using a DVI to VGA adapter if needed.
Can we now have ads that can "link" to perform actions?
A good example is... When I see an ad for a new show starting next Thursday, I want to press a button (or soft button) and say "record that show". Same goes for PPV. There is tons of money in this for advertising. Linking televisions ads to websites, programs, or anything else related to a PC is the future, but I am too lazy to try it. Will this be the ticket?
Funny how you use 'reincarnate'. Now you aren't laughing at that pharaoh that wrapped himself tightly for some crazy trip to reincarnation (aka a few thousand years til science catches up).
If the GP has been in tech since '92 and hasn't heard a thing good about Dell, he's in his Mom's basement, deaf, or works for HP. SHILLL!!!!!
I have put in service calls with Dell like this at least a dozen times, and only once have I not had the tech in-house the next day. That was the tech's fault for not letting Dell know he was out of town. But I knew him from before, he called and let me know what happened, and he was out the next day... NBD.
Unfortunately (or not) I am removing Outlook 2007 right now and can't get to the email. But if you have an account with Dell, you can now pass their tech certification course and skip their tech support all together. From what I remember you can troubleshoot the computer and order the replacement part yourself. Couple hours later, it arrives and you replace it yourself. No tech support, no stupid on-site tech. I have signed up to take the test, but didn't get much further than that...
Well at least that site and Kevin Bacon seem to share a birthdate.
ah yes, but the morons that created those useless hypercard stacks are now looking back at how they began their carrer, and (at least me) wishing perhaps they hadn't just fucked around with hypercard and actually tried to learn more about it. Maybe I would have been a web programmer in '95 (as a kid genius) instead of '05 (so I would have actually made some money at it).
So what will this new generation look back on and wish they had done more with? Maybe not youtube, but myspace and facebook provide quite a bit of customization and "coding" for the lay person/n00b (CSS, widgets and whatnot).