I didn't see anything about a single virus being limited in how much water it could split (TFS says that over time they lost their effectiveness, but that that was fixed), so that just means it would take a lot longer. If some of the viruses did get out, unless we managed to get them all back, that one little Wall-E that we missed would dutifully continue on splitting water until there was nothing left.;)
(Note, the above post is not to be taken seriously.)
Very few people are comfortable believing they are the bad guy. Explicit conspiracies require some kind of an acknowledgment from the conspirators that they are engaging in a conspiracy.
You seem to think that in order to be explicitly involved in a conspiracy, you must consider yourself to be "a bad guy". I'm curious why.
Either way, the father is going to know that the access protection has been compromised. So either way, the kid is going to have to explain himself, and if bypassing the access protection was not justified, the kid will likely be in a world of hurt. So I really don't see the benefit of upping the protection like that.
Actually... the padlock is probably less secure than the power on password, as it's probably much more easily picked and put back on without the father ever realizing it (as long as the father does not pick an easily guessed password).
While not a beheading, I see goatse all the time without explicitly searching for it.
Well, I would if I didn't recognize a bad link for what it is. But sometimes the trolls are just a little more clever than you expected that day, or you hadn't had your caffeine fix yet.
I've not heard a clear take on exactly what went down, but taking GP's post at face value, it looks as if this is what he is saying happened:
1) People ask J.K. Rowling for permission to write a lexicon.
2) J.K. Rowling grants permission, thinking it won't be very profitable.
3) A lot of hard work and money are put into this unofficial lexicon.
4) J.K. Rowling sees how profitable a lexicon could be.
5) J.K. Rowling rescinds permission given to write the unofficial lexicon.
6) The people writing the other lexicon are now out a lot of money.
Are you really saying that most people do not have a problem with being taken advantage of like this? Or is this not actually how it went down?
perhaps they mean you can be online an unlimited number of minutes at high speed, but you just aren't allowed to do much.
But if you're not allowed to do much, how can you be sure you're actually getting the high speeds you're paying for? It'd be like being given a Lamborgotti Fasterossa, but only being allowed to drive it between your place and your neighbor 20 feet away.
Doesn't the child have to be, y'know, not a child before the parent can kick them out?
There are other things though. Not taking your child to Disney World won't garner the wrath of CPS. Feeding your child nothing but spinach and other leafy greens with just enough of other foods to fulfill proper dietary requirements will not have them knocking down your door. Not giving them that Wii for their birthday won't have them giving you nasty telephone calls. There are plenty of other things, but I find it hard to believe eviction is one of them.
I would love to see someone actually do this. But do they mean into the church building? Or would leaving it in your car be sufficient to be in compliance with the law?
A similar stance in the 70s would have required several thousand nukes.
Why? Were we better at stopping airborne nuclear missiles in the 1970's? Have more people concentrated in fewer locations since the 1970's? Has the power of nuclear weapons increased since the 1970's?
I think GP was imagining a scenario where oil has completely run out, but we were too short-sighted to build alternative energy producing devices in order to power the devices which will make more alternative energy producing devices.
That said, I agree that it is not an impossible task, it'll just take a little longer.
Have you even seen the Star Wars sketches on Robot Chicken? Admittedly, I have no proof that they won't just do more like Jar Jar, but why bring in Seth Green then?
Consider it like this. You see a hill coming up. In a manual, you can judge for yourself if you think you should downshift for additional torque to maintain your speed. In an automatic, the computer cannot know how steep the hill you are about to climb is, or even that there is a hill coming up. So when you reach the hill, you're either decelerating or accelerating more slowly.
While I do not know the exact years, all the automatics I've driven have been 2000+ models, and in such situations would not downshift unless I floored it, at which point I get way more torque than I needed.
Oh yeah?? Well my particular flavor of Christianity says that your particular flavor of Christianity is wrong! I should know, I spent 18 years with them and they say that when you die, that is your judgment day, the day it is determined if you go to heaven or hell (or in yet other flavors, there's the third option of purgatory).
Flamebait aside, you cannot claim your particular flavor is right any more than I can claim the particular flavor I used to be associated with is right. So please, stop passing off beliefs as fact.
I do not know whether those three things should or should not dictate if a photo should be public, but they do increase the benefit of making them public, in a sort of "scare them straight" way.
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I didn't see anything about a single virus being limited in how much water it could split (TFS says that over time they lost their effectiveness, but that that was fixed), so that just means it would take a lot longer. If some of the viruses did get out, unless we managed to get them all back, that one little Wall-E that we missed would dutifully continue on splitting water until there was nothing left. ;)
(Note, the above post is not to be taken seriously.)
Very few people are comfortable believing they are the bad guy. Explicit conspiracies require some kind of an acknowledgment from the conspirators that they are engaging in a conspiracy.
You seem to think that in order to be explicitly involved in a conspiracy, you must consider yourself to be "a bad guy". I'm curious why.
Why would Microsoft release a game console?
Why would Microsoft release a portable music device?
That said, I agree that, similar to what nomadic said above, "Microsoft continues to stay out of tablet hardware market" isn't exactly newsworthy.
Yes and no.
Close, although I have no idea how factual that quote is.
Two words: metal shears.
Either way, the father is going to know that the access protection has been compromised. So either way, the kid is going to have to explain himself, and if bypassing the access protection was not justified, the kid will likely be in a world of hurt. So I really don't see the benefit of upping the protection like that.
Actually... the padlock is probably less secure than the power on password, as it's probably much more easily picked and put back on without the father ever realizing it (as long as the father does not pick an easily guessed password).
While not a beheading, I see goatse all the time without explicitly searching for it.
Well, I would if I didn't recognize a bad link for what it is. But sometimes the trolls are just a little more clever than you expected that day, or you hadn't had your caffeine fix yet.
Exactly, far more effective to disconnect the monitor and remove that.
Seconded.
And to expand upon your post, it wasn't until I was no longer a kid that I even understood the difference between death and not having ever been born.
I've not heard a clear take on exactly what went down, but taking GP's post at face value, it looks as if this is what he is saying happened:
1) People ask J.K. Rowling for permission to write a lexicon.
2) J.K. Rowling grants permission, thinking it won't be very profitable.
3) A lot of hard work and money are put into this unofficial lexicon.
4) J.K. Rowling sees how profitable a lexicon could be.
5) J.K. Rowling rescinds permission given to write the unofficial lexicon.
6) The people writing the other lexicon are now out a lot of money.
Are you really saying that most people do not have a problem with being taken advantage of like this? Or is this not actually how it went down?
Yup, screw all those farmers. What could they possibly do to hurt us?
perhaps they mean you can be online an unlimited number of minutes at high speed, but you just aren't allowed to do much.
But if you're not allowed to do much, how can you be sure you're actually getting the high speeds you're paying for? It'd be like being given a Lamborgotti Fasterossa, but only being allowed to drive it between your place and your neighbor 20 feet away.
Doesn't the child have to be, y'know, not a child before the parent can kick them out?
There are other things though. Not taking your child to Disney World won't garner the wrath of CPS. Feeding your child nothing but spinach and other leafy greens with just enough of other foods to fulfill proper dietary requirements will not have them knocking down your door. Not giving them that Wii for their birthday won't have them giving you nasty telephone calls. There are plenty of other things, but I find it hard to believe eviction is one of them.
Bah, it's just a pinky toe, she doesn't really need it.
All men must carry a rifle to church on Sunday.
I would love to see someone actually do this. But do they mean into the church building? Or would leaving it in your car be sufficient to be in compliance with the law?
Yes, they have the 6 atoms. While we still have none. Try re-reading GP's post. :P
A similar stance in the 70s would have required several thousand nukes.
Why? Were we better at stopping airborne nuclear missiles in the 1970's? Have more people concentrated in fewer locations since the 1970's? Has the power of nuclear weapons increased since the 1970's?
I think GP was imagining a scenario where oil has completely run out, but we were too short-sighted to build alternative energy producing devices in order to power the devices which will make more alternative energy producing devices.
That said, I agree that it is not an impossible task, it'll just take a little longer.
Have you even seen the Star Wars sketches on Robot Chicken? Admittedly, I have no proof that they won't just do more like Jar Jar, but why bring in Seth Green then?
Why would you rent out a physical disk that can only be played on *one* player?
Answer, you wouldn't. Which is why blackraven14250 said such locking would be used to kill the rental market.
GP isn't saying you cannot make it up a hill.
Consider it like this. You see a hill coming up. In a manual, you can judge for yourself if you think you should downshift for additional torque to maintain your speed. In an automatic, the computer cannot know how steep the hill you are about to climb is, or even that there is a hill coming up. So when you reach the hill, you're either decelerating or accelerating more slowly.
While I do not know the exact years, all the automatics I've driven have been 2000+ models, and in such situations would not downshift unless I floored it, at which point I get way more torque than I needed.
A robot may not injure a human being
Never heard of death by snu-snu I take it? ;)
Oh yeah?? Well my particular flavor of Christianity says that your particular flavor of Christianity is wrong! I should know, I spent 18 years with them and they say that when you die, that is your judgment day, the day it is determined if you go to heaven or hell (or in yet other flavors, there's the third option of purgatory).
Flamebait aside, you cannot claim your particular flavor is right any more than I can claim the particular flavor I used to be associated with is right. So please, stop passing off beliefs as fact.
I do not know whether those three things should or should not dictate if a photo should be public, but they do increase the benefit of making them public, in a sort of "scare them straight" way.
guest@xkcd:/$ cat
You're a kitty!
guest@xkcd:/$ man cat
You are now riding a half-man half-cat.