If I were found guilty of DUI I risk losing my license and the ability to drive. I need my car to get to work, etc. Sure, I can take public transportation if available. I can also pay my bills via snail mail, file taxes through the mail, even pick up this device known as a telephone if I need to be in contact with others for work or personal issues, etc. You know there was a time BEFORE the internet and people got along quite nicely. Reliance on the internet to the degree that you are not functional is an addiction, nothing more.
You're right, stealing isn't the right word because you're allowing access to your WiFi. How did you get modded insightful though? You clearly didn't RTFA and you don't even understand the basic concepts being discussed. It appears that you didn't even RTF summary which is just plain fucking lazy.
We have been demanding accountability but we don't live in a "mob rule" society. We rely on elected officials to follow the will of the people as long as it does not violate the Constitution (though some simply want the government to follow the will of the people, damn the Constitution). Unfortunately we have too many elected officials who are perpetually running their own re-election campaigns and won't listen to the people. What do you suggest? Armed insurrection? Lynch mobs (I can't wait to hear your "evil plot" to capture the President of the United States, securing him away from his Secret Service protection)? I'm all for impeachment but we can't force our government to obey our will unfortunately (and no other democratic nation can do so either before you tell us how great Canada, the EU or Japan is in this regard). I'd LOVE to see term limits established so we can end the perpetual re-election campaigning but how well do you think a bill limiting power to Congress will go over in the House and Senate?
Perhaps the lack of any real competition on Linux/OS X made it far more attractive a purchase (if I don't play A Tale in the Desert, what am I going to play?) On Windows you have FAR more competition for users dollars and they felt the game just wasn't worth the money. time, and/or effort.
You pick ONE question from this guy's 20+ year career in political journalism and believe it DEFINES his approach to seeking truth? What fucking idiotic moderator modded you up? Interesting? More like -10 dumbass.
I'm so glad I have Slashdot around to tell me what to think and keep me from harming myself by clicking on links that would take me to web sites powered by Microsoft technology. It's sort of like "will someone please think of the children" but with the average computer user instead. Did you stop to think that the average computer user doesn't tend to stop by Slashdot and those that do are certainly capable of handling a link to a WMP video? Why even link to the news site if you're not going to link to the fucking video? Once again, the stupidity of geeks rears its ugly head on Slashdot.
You sound like the whiney "DON'T PICK ON BRITNEY, LEAVE HER ALONE!!!!!" bitch. Perhaps you should make a YouTube video and give us all a good laugh. Otherwise, STFU yourself.
Too bad spam filtering sucks so bad in Mail. I consistently have junk mail (marked by my ISP as such) wind up in my inbox and mail from people in my Address Book. Apple also removed the three column view in Mail 3.0 and I'm having to use widemail to get the feature back. Mail has a ways to go before I switch from using Outlook on my PC.
Because the lack of "...on the internet" is in some cases considered a loophole in existing laws. Laws and common sense live on different planes of reality, don't try to merge the two or you might risk tearing a hole in the space/time fabric, dooming us all to oblivion.
Actually it does give me the right to harass someone as long as I tell the truth about said person and I don't incite others to actually cause physical harm to same person. Recent laws against hate speech and bullying are rather troubling violations of the First Amendment not because they violate it but because of the way they are slowly eroding the right to free speech in such as way as to make it seem less of a bitter pill to swallow. A little here, a little there and soon enough you've lost the right to criticize others because it might be considered harassing. Remember, lawyers won't wait until you've clearly crossed the line before they drag you into court, they'll sue you at the drop of a hat and regardless of guilt, you've learned to watch what you say. Bye-bye free press. Bye-bye ability to question your government. Bye-bye your ability to speak your mind.
Your humble opinion is full of shit, and that's a simple fact. Perhaps you should TRY the demo instead of relying on a blurry low-res video on YouTube. While both zoom into things, the Deep Zoom technology swaps out higher-res versions of the photos dynamically as you zoom in but there's no indication of loading or swapping, it's all seamless and fluid. I saw the demo in person at the HOW Design Conference a few weeks ago and it was really amazing stuff. Too bad the UI in the Expression tools used to create Silverlight stuff suck.
Perhaps you should learn to use cell formatting and tell Excel EXACTLY what type of data is being placed in the table. You should also look into using a database for storing information like this. Excel is NOT a database app, it's a spreadsheet app. They serve different purposes.
Please check Wikipedia to learn that we live in a Democratic Republic and not a Democracy and cut the Oligarchy bullshit already. This didn't JUST happen in the last election nor is it some conspiracy foisted upon us by the Illuminati, the Electoral College was a compromise (look that word up too because far too many people don't seem to understand what that word could potentially mean for political progress in out country) that allowed less populous states to have equal representation in national elections. it's far less necessary today then it was when it was conceived but it's far from an Oligarchy.
Actually First Sale only allows one to resell their physical copy, nothing else. If they want to rent it then they have to enter into an agreement with you to do so. Copyright law protects you here. Ever wonder why rental late fees were so high? Rental stores pay (or they used to anyway; not sure how it works now) more for each copy explicitly for the right to rent the video and replacing them was expensive. The copyright holder gets more for these discs, though nothing compared to what the video stores could ultimately make for a new release, and video stores get to rent the videos. I'd suggest contacting a lawyer and proceed from there. You should be entitled to more per copy if they want to rent the video.
OS X does allow for parallel installations of Firefox, you just need to rename at least one of them, I add the version number behind both, and you're good to go. I have Firefox 1.5, 2.0 and 3.0 all running on my Tiger Mac at work and Firefox 2.0 and 3.0 on my Leopard Mac at home. You can't run both simultaneously (not sure why) and Firefox will check for compatible updates to add-ons after starting a different version (for instance, start 3.0, close it then start 2.0 and Firefox will insist on looking for compatible updates - not sure why this happens either, shouldn't 3.0 be the only one looking for compatibility updates by virtue of the fact that not all add-ons work with it yet?)
That's fine but when YouTube fails to fairly apply these rules then they are hypocrites, period. When they do so along clear geopolitical lines they are Evil and are failing to abide by their mission statement.
What are you doing saving images in to Program Files anyway? That's what My Documents or My Pictures in your user folder is for. If you don't want to use either of these then create your own folder in your user account and use this instead. It's this stupid way to thinking that has caused the problems Vista faces. UAC would be a lot better if it could be properly designed but it's having to do double duty as a nanny to enforce proper user AND developer behavior. I HATE when apps seem to think they can install their files at the root of my system despite there being a CLEARLY labeled folder called Program Files designed for this specific purpose. User and find-grained permissions have been in NT since the beginning and we STILL have developers with their heads up their asses. And this isn't limited to specific development paradigms or types of companies/corporate climates. MANY developers who should know better disregard this structure out of sheer laziness, nothing more.
If drivers aren't available it is up to the OS to provide SOME sense of functionality (even if it's 640x480 or 800x600 display resolution with 256 colors) so the user can get around and fix the problem. To assume that anyone would want to troubleshoot a problem like this in a console is ludicrous. Notice that the console in Windows and OS X are LAST resorts ONLY for troubleshooting. I would love to have been at the meeting where someone had to tell Steve Jobs the Terminal was a "required" app in OS X.
How do you draw the conclusion that the two people you know who have high metabolisms means that it's uncommon, in fact unusual? Why, oh why do so many slashbots keep thinking that anecdotal evidence somehow means anything statistically? Also, of the fifty "oinkers" how many did you see stuffing themselves silly? Don't bother answering that because this is the internet and you can say anything you want without having to prove it; the question was really rhetorical and meant to get others thinking about the line of bullshit you're trying to offer as evidence tat the GP's comments are somehow ridiculous.
Because he's a fucking dumbass and posted to the same story he moderated. Granted, not being allowed to comment in other threads simply because I've moderated one already is annoyingly stupid but if you moderate you know this, or should, by now.
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If I were found guilty of DUI I risk losing my license and the ability to drive. I need my car to get to work, etc. Sure, I can take public transportation if available. I can also pay my bills via snail mail, file taxes through the mail, even pick up this device known as a telephone if I need to be in contact with others for work or personal issues, etc. You know there was a time BEFORE the internet and people got along quite nicely. Reliance on the internet to the degree that you are not functional is an addiction, nothing more.
You're right, stealing isn't the right word because you're allowing access to your WiFi. How did you get modded insightful though? You clearly didn't RTFA and you don't even understand the basic concepts being discussed. It appears that you didn't even RTF summary which is just plain fucking lazy.
We have been demanding accountability but we don't live in a "mob rule" society. We rely on elected officials to follow the will of the people as long as it does not violate the Constitution (though some simply want the government to follow the will of the people, damn the Constitution). Unfortunately we have too many elected officials who are perpetually running their own re-election campaigns and won't listen to the people. What do you suggest? Armed insurrection? Lynch mobs (I can't wait to hear your "evil plot" to capture the President of the United States, securing him away from his Secret Service protection)? I'm all for impeachment but we can't force our government to obey our will unfortunately (and no other democratic nation can do so either before you tell us how great Canada, the EU or Japan is in this regard). I'd LOVE to see term limits established so we can end the perpetual re-election campaigning but how well do you think a bill limiting power to Congress will go over in the House and Senate?
Perhaps the lack of any real competition on Linux/OS X made it far more attractive a purchase (if I don't play A Tale in the Desert, what am I going to play?) On Windows you have FAR more competition for users dollars and they felt the game just wasn't worth the money. time, and/or effort.
You pick ONE question from this guy's 20+ year career in political journalism and believe it DEFINES his approach to seeking truth? What fucking idiotic moderator modded you up? Interesting? More like -10 dumbass.
I'm so glad I have Slashdot around to tell me what to think and keep me from harming myself by clicking on links that would take me to web sites powered by Microsoft technology. It's sort of like "will someone please think of the children" but with the average computer user instead. Did you stop to think that the average computer user doesn't tend to stop by Slashdot and those that do are certainly capable of handling a link to a WMP video? Why even link to the news site if you're not going to link to the fucking video? Once again, the stupidity of geeks rears its ugly head on Slashdot.
You sound like the whiney "DON'T PICK ON BRITNEY, LEAVE HER ALONE!!!!!" bitch. Perhaps you should make a YouTube video and give us all a good laugh. Otherwise, STFU yourself.
Too bad spam filtering sucks so bad in Mail. I consistently have junk mail (marked by my ISP as such) wind up in my inbox and mail from people in my Address Book. Apple also removed the three column view in Mail 3.0 and I'm having to use widemail to get the feature back. Mail has a ways to go before I switch from using Outlook on my PC.
Shouldn't that be R-E-S-P-E-C-T...errr....sorry, I was thinking of something completely different.
Because the lack of "...on the internet" is in some cases considered a loophole in existing laws. Laws and common sense live on different planes of reality, don't try to merge the two or you might risk tearing a hole in the space/time fabric, dooming us all to oblivion.
Actually it does give me the right to harass someone as long as I tell the truth about said person and I don't incite others to actually cause physical harm to same person. Recent laws against hate speech and bullying are rather troubling violations of the First Amendment not because they violate it but because of the way they are slowly eroding the right to free speech in such as way as to make it seem less of a bitter pill to swallow. A little here, a little there and soon enough you've lost the right to criticize others because it might be considered harassing. Remember, lawyers won't wait until you've clearly crossed the line before they drag you into court, they'll sue you at the drop of a hat and regardless of guilt, you've learned to watch what you say. Bye-bye free press. Bye-bye ability to question your government. Bye-bye your ability to speak your mind.
Your humble opinion is full of shit, and that's a simple fact. Perhaps you should TRY the demo instead of relying on a blurry low-res video on YouTube. While both zoom into things, the Deep Zoom technology swaps out higher-res versions of the photos dynamically as you zoom in but there's no indication of loading or swapping, it's all seamless and fluid. I saw the demo in person at the HOW Design Conference a few weeks ago and it was really amazing stuff. Too bad the UI in the Expression tools used to create Silverlight stuff suck.
Perhaps you should learn to use cell formatting and tell Excel EXACTLY what type of data is being placed in the table. You should also look into using a database for storing information like this. Excel is NOT a database app, it's a spreadsheet app. They serve different purposes.
Please check Wikipedia to learn that we live in a Democratic Republic and not a Democracy and cut the Oligarchy bullshit already. This didn't JUST happen in the last election nor is it some conspiracy foisted upon us by the Illuminati, the Electoral College was a compromise (look that word up too because far too many people don't seem to understand what that word could potentially mean for political progress in out country) that allowed less populous states to have equal representation in national elections. it's far less necessary today then it was when it was conceived but it's far from an Oligarchy.
Thanks for the Maddox reference. I had read that one before but I still laughed my ass off this tome around.
Actually First Sale only allows one to resell their physical copy, nothing else. If they want to rent it then they have to enter into an agreement with you to do so. Copyright law protects you here. Ever wonder why rental late fees were so high? Rental stores pay (or they used to anyway; not sure how it works now) more for each copy explicitly for the right to rent the video and replacing them was expensive. The copyright holder gets more for these discs, though nothing compared to what the video stores could ultimately make for a new release, and video stores get to rent the videos. I'd suggest contacting a lawyer and proceed from there. You should be entitled to more per copy if they want to rent the video.
OS X does allow for parallel installations of Firefox, you just need to rename at least one of them, I add the version number behind both, and you're good to go. I have Firefox 1.5, 2.0 and 3.0 all running on my Tiger Mac at work and Firefox 2.0 and 3.0 on my Leopard Mac at home. You can't run both simultaneously (not sure why) and Firefox will check for compatible updates to add-ons after starting a different version (for instance, start 3.0, close it then start 2.0 and Firefox will insist on looking for compatible updates - not sure why this happens either, shouldn't 3.0 be the only one looking for compatibility updates by virtue of the fact that not all add-ons work with it yet?)
That's fine but when YouTube fails to fairly apply these rules then they are hypocrites, period. When they do so along clear geopolitical lines they are Evil and are failing to abide by their mission statement.
What are you doing saving images in to Program Files anyway? That's what My Documents or My Pictures in your user folder is for. If you don't want to use either of these then create your own folder in your user account and use this instead. It's this stupid way to thinking that has caused the problems Vista faces. UAC would be a lot better if it could be properly designed but it's having to do double duty as a nanny to enforce proper user AND developer behavior. I HATE when apps seem to think they can install their files at the root of my system despite there being a CLEARLY labeled folder called Program Files designed for this specific purpose. User and find-grained permissions have been in NT since the beginning and we STILL have developers with their heads up their asses. And this isn't limited to specific development paradigms or types of companies/corporate climates. MANY developers who should know better disregard this structure out of sheer laziness, nothing more.
If drivers aren't available it is up to the OS to provide SOME sense of functionality (even if it's 640x480 or 800x600 display resolution with 256 colors) so the user can get around and fix the problem. To assume that anyone would want to troubleshoot a problem like this in a console is ludicrous. Notice that the console in Windows and OS X are LAST resorts ONLY for troubleshooting. I would love to have been at the meeting where someone had to tell Steve Jobs the Terminal was a "required" app in OS X.
How do you draw the conclusion that the two people you know who have high metabolisms means that it's uncommon, in fact unusual? Why, oh why do so many slashbots keep thinking that anecdotal evidence somehow means anything statistically? Also, of the fifty "oinkers" how many did you see stuffing themselves silly? Don't bother answering that because this is the internet and you can say anything you want without having to prove it; the question was really rhetorical and meant to get others thinking about the line of bullshit you're trying to offer as evidence tat the GP's comments are somehow ridiculous.
Because he's a fucking dumbass and posted to the same story he moderated. Granted, not being allowed to comment in other threads simply because I've moderated one already is annoyingly stupid but if you moderate you know this, or should, by now.
People still use immature names for Microsoft and their products?
Wow, what a truly convincing counter-argument. Where can I sign-up to receiver your newsletter full of more insightful counter-arguments?
"In other words, if you have a gun, you can be drafted."
No, in other words, you can be drafted and you'd better have a gun because throwing rocks isn't going to be very effective.