That's a bit harsh....What's needed here is...a ban on firearms in domestic environments.
no, that's a bit harsh. If you honestly believe that banning firearms in domestic environments wouldn't push criminals to branch out even further into suburbia and increase violent crime, please go cut off your nose the next time it itches. You can borrow my concealed knife.
100% agreed. I have a Weapons Permit and have carried since my child was a baby. She's 5 now, and at 3 I showed her that I carry it and where it stays when not on my person. I calmly explained that she wasn't to touch it under any circumstances, even if she thought she was helping "put it away" or "clean it" or something similar. Now she knows daddy has a daily carry weapon and isn't surprised if she hugs me and feels it under my jacket.
Kids are smarter than anyone believes, and can understand things like weapons if properly explained. Or course this depends on the maturity of the child, but most can "get it".
Side note, this guy should do a few years and never be able to have a weapons permit again. In cases like these 'twould be nice if some stipulations could be put on his ever owning a gun again, like "no child under the age of 18 can permanently occupy the same dwelling" or some such legalese.
He also didn't mention what order he tested the phones in. If he wanted to be fair (not even going to stretch it to "scientific") he would type different passages, numbers and URLs on each phone. I'm sure by the last test he had the text almost memorized, so the latter phones probably ended up with shorter times and less mistakes. Just guessing, but the Nokia E75 and the Bold2 were probably last to be tested.
You show up at the door, buy a ticket, and immediately enter the venue.
Even a small venue of 12,000 people would take forever to load up. Assuming 50% cash and 50% credit debit, even if the cash purchases take 20 seconds and the debit 45 seconds, it would take 108+ hours to process those tickets to gain entry. Even if this small venue had 40 ticket windows (doubtful, it's the average size of a college basketball stadium), it would still take 2.7 hours per window if everything went perfectly. Good luck with a major stadium concert.
Maybe an error message saying "We detect that your machine is infected with a rootkit, all of your personal information is in danger of being stolen. Please install a firewall/update your browser/ run your AV". That way, instead of confusion and anger from a BSOD, the user will be educated and possibly secure their system.
I see those words on the screen all the time. The problem is, they're delivered by cleverly-designed socially engineered Malware. The next generation of Malware will do the same thing and imitate the "new" default messages that Windows gives. How many people per day/week/month fall for the same "Your system is compromised, please click here and purchase this product" every day, regardless of the bad grammar and spelling contained in the message?
As long as I've been in IT, there still isn't a good way to educate users that shirk off all personal responsibility and refuse to engage their thought processes when it comes to PCs. The world just keeps making better idiots.
Didn't L. Ron Hubbard already work this out with the Will-Be Was Engines from Mission Earth? Heller figured out a way to bleed off all the excess energy.
someone kill this phrase. As soon as the MBA CFO types see it, I see them humming it mantra-style whilst cross-legged floating above their polished mahogany desks.
If fifty PETA members loitered for more than an hour, they would probably smell as bad. Capitol Police would arm themselves with soap and water, routing the smelly hippies easily.
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Capital investment may not be free, but it's off the books in a 36-month amortization schedule.
unless you're an accuntant or economental.
I must remember that one during our next finance meeting.
and compared to infinity, it really is nothing.
How in the world can you try and objectify others' fascination?
One can well be a good talented programmer and be fascinated by pretty much anything.
That's a bit harsh. ...What's needed here is...a ban on firearms in domestic environments.
no, that's a bit harsh. If you honestly believe that banning firearms in domestic environments wouldn't push criminals to branch out even further into suburbia and increase violent crime, please go cut off your nose the next time it itches. You can borrow my concealed knife.
100% agreed. I have a Weapons Permit and have carried since my child was a baby. She's 5 now, and at 3 I showed her that I carry it and where it stays when not on my person. I calmly explained that she wasn't to touch it under any circumstances, even if she thought she was helping "put it away" or "clean it" or something similar. Now she knows daddy has a daily carry weapon and isn't surprised if she hugs me and feels it under my jacket.
Kids are smarter than anyone believes, and can understand things like weapons if properly explained. Or course this depends on the maturity of the child, but most can "get it".
Side note, this guy should do a few years and never be able to have a weapons permit again. In cases like these 'twould be nice if some stipulations could be put on his ever owning a gun again, like "no child under the age of 18 can permanently occupy the same dwelling" or some such legalese.
time to patch the household to Spousal Unit 2.1
He also didn't mention what order he tested the phones in. If he wanted to be fair (not even going to stretch it to "scientific") he would type different passages, numbers and URLs on each phone. I'm sure by the last test he had the text almost memorized, so the latter phones probably ended up with shorter times and less mistakes. Just guessing, but the Nokia E75 and the Bold2 were probably last to be tested.
I read that "New Heat-Reduced Magnetic Soldier..."
I think I might do the same if I ever go "rouge".
if I have to get away from the authorities, I plan on going plaid.
"NOOObody expected the Spanish ISPs to cooperate!" - Cardinal Ximénez
Samuel L. Jackson beer, it gets you drunk!
You show up at the door, buy a ticket, and immediately enter the venue.
Even a small venue of 12,000 people would take forever to load up. Assuming 50% cash and 50% credit debit, even if the cash purchases take 20 seconds and the debit 45 seconds, it would take 108+ hours to process those tickets to gain entry. Even if this small venue had 40 ticket windows (doubtful, it's the average size of a college basketball stadium), it would still take 2.7 hours per window if everything went perfectly.
Good luck with a major stadium concert.
Maybe an error message saying "We detect that your machine is infected with a rootkit, all of your personal information is in danger of being stolen. Please install a firewall/update your browser/ run your AV". That way, instead of confusion and anger from a BSOD, the user will be educated and possibly secure their system.
I see those words on the screen all the time. The problem is, they're delivered by cleverly-designed socially engineered Malware. The next generation of Malware will do the same thing and imitate the "new" default messages that Windows gives. How many people per day/week/month fall for the same "Your system is compromised, please click here and purchase this product" every day, regardless of the bad grammar and spelling contained in the message? As long as I've been in IT, there still isn't a good way to educate users that shirk off all personal responsibility and refuse to engage their thought processes when it comes to PCs. The world just keeps making better idiots.
Didn't L. Ron Hubbard already work this out with the Will-Be Was Engines from Mission Earth? Heller figured out a way to bleed off all the excess energy.
who says you can never go home?
oh, that's right. science. DAMMIT!
You kill the Joe...You make some mo'
someone kill this phrase. As soon as the MBA CFO types see it, I see them humming it mantra-style whilst cross-legged floating above their polished mahogany desks.
so this is their ploy to get into the underwear stain removal business.
You're not a lesbian.
This list won't be complete until they list Infocom's "Leather Goddesses of Phobos"
Talk about interactive, this game was scratch-n-sniff
"and if you'll look closely on the left side of the bus, you'll see two idiots trying to be funny so their interwebz fame grows."
Cheerleader: "look, honey. Nerds!"
Ogre: "neeeEEEEERRRRRRds!"
Why bother with recordingss when you can blow your reward money to hire Van Halen to play your birthday party? Thank you, Mr. Spicoli.
only the second glitch in fifteen months? One would assume that's far better than most commercially written software.
If fifty PETA members loitered for more than an hour, they would probably smell as bad. Capitol Police would arm themselves with soap and water, routing the smelly hippies easily.
Pussy.
I'm too scared to type that word whilst at work, so I simply quoted yours.