This whole election has been nothing but a maddening experience. IMHO, neither canidate has done much to distinguish himself. The majority of friends I have talked to have voted for what they perceive to be the lesser of two evils, which is hardly the way we should decide who our next President will be.
So now there is a big discussion about what we should do about the people who 'double voted' or thought they mis-voted. That's any easy discussion, but let's take it to street-level.
What happens if you color two circles on a multiple choice test? What happens if you tell the teacher you circled 'A' but you meant 'B'? Tough shit, my friends, you should have checked your answers before you turned in the test (or ballot, as the case may be). Granted, your election hall may be different from mine, but even though it was in a school, I still had no time limit.
So, the chips have fallen where they may. It's time to count the chips. If they voted twice, throw out the ballot. If they think they mis-voted, there's not a whole lot we can do, is there?
I mean, if you voted for Buchanan and now say you wanted to vote Gore, what's to stop the tide from saying I voted Gore, but meant to vote Bush?
Truly, I'm sorry you screwed up your vote. But it's not really anyone's fault but your own. Chalk it up to experience, and let's move on. I'm tired of hearing about the election.
But if they get to change their vote, I really bombed the English part of my SAT. Can I take it again?
Pokrefke
"I don't want the cheese, I only want out of the trap"
I was mildly surprised to see my company as one of those listed for patent infringement; but even more surprised to see that we had settled. I don't even have to pick up the phone to know how it was 'settled': I have no doubt that it's a hell of a lot cheaper to write them a $30,000 check than it is to go to court over the issue.
No matter how much you think Bill Gates is the anti-christ or hate Windows, this is most assuredly NOT good news. The judges, the lawyers, and the law enforcement that will certainly become involved in this case will look at one point, and one point only: someone broke the law. Know what else? They don't understand you, and they don't care that you want Wine to work better or an Open Source Windows.
In the interest of fairness, let's look at this from their point of view. "Hackers" (does anyone know what this word means anymore?) have been getting a lot of bad press lately. Hacking into Microsoft's site adds fuel to the fire. Stealing Microsoft's code is fanning the flames.
Everyone is making jokes about how insecure MS products are, as if Apache or Slashdot have never been compromised.
Even more worrisome is the opinion of the everyday, ordinary citizen. Some of which have made money off MS stock. Many of which use a computer, but aren't as "in" to them as we are. I bet you lunch that they see stuff like this and feel "insecure". And I guarantee you, when something like Carnivore comes along, the average person will suport it, because it makes, at least in their mind, the online world a safer place.
So laugh now about Microsoft's problem. Joke about an OSS Windows, regardless if they want it or not.
Ladies and Gentlemen, if you're old enough to understand, it's time to realize that this is most assuredly Not A Good Thing.
Hate to say it, but I've had 100% up time with them since they installed it 4 weeks ago. I don't really understand why so many people seem to have trouble with them.
My only complaint is the PCMCIA ethernet card isn't Linux/BeOS compatible, but that's my problem, not their's.
Re:I had one of these as a kid!
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The toy was called Air Jammer. I think I took mine apart (like I did most of my toys) but failed to find time to put it back together (the same fate that undid much of my toy collection). The front axle was a straight piece of metal that was held in place by detents in the plastic, thus providing the steering.
I've had my @Home connection for about three weeks. I'm already spoiled rotten and doubt I will ever be able to go back to a dial-up account. I spent a lot of time securing my PC before I got my modem, so I'm relatively safe. I installed Zone Alarm, shut down any programs that may access the internet, and watched last Friday as I accumulated 500 warnings (the maximum number ZA will log) in about 45 minutes. These were portscans from Universities, other cable modem users, and some internationals.
I'm savvy enough to know how to secure my PC, but I wonder if the average user is. I know if my Mom had a cable modem, I'd be over there once a month to reload her OS.
Other people using my computer resources? Uh-uh. I cringe when my girlfriend gets next to my box, why the hell would I let a complete stranger store their stuff on my drive?
I currently pay $19.99 for a 56K (actually 45.3K) dial up connection. Next week I start my 6 month trial period of @home for ($19.99, after the 6 months, $29.99).
Please. We have all known for a long time that the idea of privacy on the internet was only an illusion at best. There are still hordes of people out there that think the internet is too large a place for them to be singled out, or too dumb to care.
All of my email addresses are filled with fake information, except the one my ISP provides that I never use (I had to give an address). I will happily fill out on-line forms all day, but I'l never give real information out. You want my email address, ok - root@127.0.0.1
Yes, I have a CueCat. Yes, I gave them a phone number (the fax line for a radio station). My "address" was one I made up on the spot. They can track me, but they have no clue whatsoever who I am.
And now that I think about it, why the hell did I get it? I took it out of the wrapper, looked at it, and literally threw it in my closet. It's really gay looking, the whole idea is completely rediculous, and I really don't want to scan a book so my browser will open up mozilla. Seriously, what good is it?
I would love to know what kind of tax break Motorola is going to get on scrapping the Iridium satellites. $30 million is a hell of a lot closer to $5 billion than $0, which is exactly what they will get if they de-orbit the birds.
Pokrefke
Tommy, Tommy, Tommy - Tommy can you hear me?
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Hey, if pinball worked for a deaf, dumb, and blind kid, I'm sure a little N64 can cure ADD.
So much speculation and conjecture; so little facts or reasoning.
What if the Mach 2 torpedo was launched by another sub, hit the Kursk, and caused it's demise?
What if the Mach 2 torpedo did not explode or was not equipped with a warhead? That would account for the initial, low powered thud. I'm sure a torpedo traveling at high velocity and hitting a submarine would cause enough damage for it to turn turtle and crash towards the seafloor, causing the rest of the torpedos to fall off their mounts and go kaboom? Surely this would cause a bigger boom a few minutes later?
What do I know, though? I always hated that Village People song.
There was a thread a short while ago on the MG mailing list about how electrical components actually run on smoke, and if you let the smoke out, they cease to function. (ie - the car won't turn over if you let the smoke out the starter relay).
It seems to me that nearly everyone has overlooked a very simple point. The users of Napster, those that have downloaded music that does not belong to them, have committed the crime.
Because I can kill someone with my car, should we shut down Nissan? Because I can maim you with my chainsaw, is Home Depot liable?
I am sure illegal trading occurs on Napster. I am sure someone will die today as the result of being hit by a car.
Will someone please explain to me why Napster is about to go bye-bye, yet the auto-makers will see the sun rise next week?
Not a bad ploy for these guys to get their names in circulation. I wonder what the dollar value of the advertisement they have received is? "What else do you expect? These are the same people who gave us 99 Luft Balloons!"
The main claim of the article is that software was exchanged for a good review. If this is true, then a quid-pro-quo exchange has taken place.
The point is not that you can download the software for free, the point is that (if found to be true) the reviewers gave a good report FOR the software. And that, my friends, is bad beans.
Slashdot Mirror
Except it was called Thundar, The Barbian. And he had a Sun Sword that he would use to crush the skulls of Slashdot Trolls.
/. nightmare.
And Oopla would let Princess Ariel pour hot grits down his pants.
Or maybe it was just a
"However, I am terrified of telling our administration about this because of a kill-the-messenger syndrome."
-Quoted directly from original message
http://hongpong.dyndns.org/me/mail-college.html
-Note the reply address on the envelope
Me thinks the lad just shot himeself in the foot.
Would someone care to explain exactly what it is we're looking at, or am I supposed to think it's scary just because it is a picture post-meltdown?
You wouldn't happen to be one of thos "stupid users", would you?
Pokrefke
This whole election has been nothing but a maddening experience. IMHO, neither canidate has done much to distinguish himself. The majority of friends I have talked to have voted for what they perceive to be the lesser of two evils, which is hardly the way we should decide who our next President will be.
So now there is a big discussion about what we should do about the people who 'double voted' or thought they mis-voted. That's any easy discussion, but let's take it to street-level.
What happens if you color two circles on a multiple choice test? What happens if you tell the teacher you circled 'A' but you meant 'B'? Tough shit, my friends, you should have checked your answers before you turned in the test (or ballot, as the case may be). Granted, your election hall may be different from mine, but even though it was in a school, I still had no time limit.
So, the chips have fallen where they may. It's time to count the chips. If they voted twice, throw out the ballot. If they think they mis-voted, there's not a whole lot we can do, is there?
I mean, if you voted for Buchanan and now say you wanted to vote Gore, what's to stop the tide from saying I voted Gore, but meant to vote Bush?
Truly, I'm sorry you screwed up your vote. But it's not really anyone's fault but your own. Chalk it up to experience, and let's move on. I'm tired of hearing about the election.
But if they get to change their vote, I really bombed the English part of my SAT. Can I take it again?
Pokrefke
"I don't want the cheese, I only want out of the trap"
Even an accountant who has 6 terminals open into an IBM mainframe knows that it's Lopht, not Loft.
Smells terribly fishy to me.
"I don't want the cheese; I only want out of the trap."
I was mildly surprised to see my company as one of those listed for patent infringement; but even more surprised to see that we had settled. I don't even have to pick up the phone to know how it was 'settled': I have no doubt that it's a hell of a lot cheaper to write them a $30,000 check than it is to go to court over the issue.
No matter how much you think Bill Gates is the anti-christ or hate Windows, this is most assuredly NOT good news. The judges, the lawyers, and the law enforcement that will certainly become involved in this case will look at one point, and one point only: someone broke the law. Know what else? They don't understand you, and they don't care that you want Wine to work better or an Open Source Windows.
In the interest of fairness, let's look at this from their point of view. "Hackers" (does anyone know what this word means anymore?) have been getting a lot of bad press lately. Hacking into Microsoft's site adds fuel to the fire. Stealing Microsoft's code is fanning the flames.
Everyone is making jokes about how insecure MS products are, as if Apache or Slashdot have never been compromised.
Even more worrisome is the opinion of the everyday, ordinary citizen. Some of which have made money off MS stock. Many of which use a computer, but aren't as "in" to them as we are. I bet you lunch that they see stuff like this and feel "insecure". And I guarantee you, when something like Carnivore comes along, the average person will suport it, because it makes, at least in their mind, the online world a safer place.
So laugh now about Microsoft's problem. Joke about an OSS Windows, regardless if they want it or not.
Ladies and Gentlemen, if you're old enough to understand, it's time to realize that this is most assuredly Not A Good Thing.
Disclaimer: MY computer runs Linux/BeOS.
Hate to say it, but I've had 100% up time with them since they installed it 4 weeks ago. I don't really understand why so many people seem to have trouble with them.
My only complaint is the PCMCIA ethernet card isn't Linux/BeOS compatible, but that's my problem, not their's.
The toy was called Air Jammer. I think I took mine apart (like I did most of my toys) but failed to find time to put it back together (the same fate that undid much of my toy collection). The front axle was a straight piece of metal that was held in place by detents in the plastic, thus providing the steering.
I've had my @Home connection for about three weeks. I'm already spoiled rotten and doubt I will ever be able to go back to a dial-up account. I spent a lot of time securing my PC before I got my modem, so I'm relatively safe. I installed Zone Alarm, shut down any programs that may access the internet, and watched last Friday as I accumulated 500 warnings (the maximum number ZA will log) in about 45 minutes. These were portscans from Universities, other cable modem users, and some internationals.
I'm savvy enough to know how to secure my PC, but I wonder if the average user is. I know if my Mom had a cable modem, I'd be over there once a month to reload her OS.
They didn;t waste any time releasing this:
i a_riaa_dc_1.html
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20001012/wr/med
Pokrefke
Other people using my computer resources? Uh-uh. I cringe when my girlfriend gets next to my box, why the hell would I let a complete stranger store their stuff on my drive?
Absolutely no, not now, not ever.
I currently pay $19.99 for a 56K (actually 45.3K) dial up connection. Next week I start my 6 month trial period of @home for ($19.99, after the 6 months, $29.99).
...and I think I'll stay with my 1970 MGB. Twin SU carbs that were conceived in the 1940's, a nice loud exhaust, and the wind in my hair.
That Honda looks like an anal probe on a Civic that went horribly wrong.
Rise and shine, get out of bed and I'm a war machine again. -Name that song for 20 points
So much for my 20 points.
Please. We have all known for a long time that the idea of privacy on the internet was only an illusion at best. There are still hordes of people out there that think the internet is too large a place for them to be singled out, or too dumb to care.
All of my email addresses are filled with fake information, except the one my ISP provides that I never use (I had to give an address). I will happily fill out on-line forms all day, but I'l never give real information out. You want my email address, ok - root@127.0.0.1
Yes, I have a CueCat. Yes, I gave them a phone number (the fax line for a radio station). My "address" was one I made up on the spot. They can track me, but they have no clue whatsoever who I am.
And now that I think about it, why the hell did I get it? I took it out of the wrapper, looked at it, and literally threw it in my closet. It's really gay looking, the whole idea is completely rediculous, and I really don't want to scan a book so my browser will open up mozilla. Seriously, what good is it?
Just my view on it all
Why don't you let the MPAA know how you feel about their actions?
Their website is here , or give the nice folks a call at 818-995-6600. (Don't want to burn your nickel? Try dialpad.com.
"The Whiney Complainer" Pokrefke
FWIW - my laptop doesn't even have a DVD player!
I would love to know what kind of tax break Motorola is going to get on scrapping the Iridium satellites. $30 million is a hell of a lot closer to $5 billion than $0, which is exactly what they will get if they de-orbit the birds. Pokrefke
Hey, if pinball worked for a deaf, dumb, and blind kid, I'm sure a little N64 can cure ADD.
Pokrefke
aka - The Whiny Complainer
So much speculation and conjecture; so little facts or reasoning.
What if the Mach 2 torpedo was launched by another sub, hit the Kursk, and caused it's demise?
What if the Mach 2 torpedo did not explode or was not equipped with a warhead? That would account for the initial, low powered thud. I'm sure a torpedo traveling at high velocity and hitting a submarine would cause enough damage for it to turn turtle and crash towards the seafloor, causing the rest of the torpedos to fall off their mounts and go kaboom? Surely this would cause a bigger boom a few minutes later?
What do I know, though? I always hated that Village People song.
There was a thread a short while ago on the MG mailing list about how electrical components actually run on smoke, and if you let the smoke out, they cease to function. (ie - the car won't turn over if you let the smoke out the starter relay).
It seems to me that nearly everyone has overlooked a very simple point. The users of Napster, those that have downloaded music that does not belong to them, have committed the crime.
Because I can kill someone with my car, should we shut down Nissan? Because I can maim you with my chainsaw, is Home Depot liable?
I am sure illegal trading occurs on Napster. I am sure someone will die today as the result of being hit by a car.
Will someone please explain to me why Napster is about to go bye-bye, yet the auto-makers will see the sun rise next week?
Not a bad ploy for these guys to get their names in circulation. I wonder what the dollar value of the advertisement they have received is? "What else do you expect? These are the same people who gave us 99 Luft Balloons!"
The main claim of the article is that software was exchanged for a good review. If this is true, then a quid-pro-quo exchange has taken place.
The point is not that you can download the software for free, the point is that (if found to be true) the reviewers gave a good report FOR the software. And that, my friends, is bad beans.