Pretty much the entire Obama era so far has been an example of the left experiencing all the things they did to the right and an administration doing all the things Bush did. The country didn't change at all.
Pretty much the entire Obama era so far has been an example of the right projecting all the things they did onto the left and the Democrats doing all the things in the Republican's interest. The country didn't change at all.
Thought I'd fix that for you.
I find it interesting that the Republican talking points are an extreme example of projection. If they accuse someone of embezzlement, or pretty much anything, you can be sure of three things:
a. They really believe it and always will, no matter how much you point out facts that prove them wrong b. That when said facts disagree with their worldview, they will accuse the source of being left wing and biased and therefore by definition incorrect c. That somewhere, they are actually doing the same thing they are accusing the left of, except much more efficiently and effectively.
Examples of this would be the family values thing, the deficit thing, the not giving a fuck about the veterans thing, the being in the pocket of industry thing, the government program = welfare thing (i.e. a huge amount of the defense budget), the racism thing, the litmus test thing, the only policy being that to gain power politically thing no matter what the cost to the country thing, the voter intimidation thing, the voter fraud thing...
I could go on and on, but you get the picture. Well, probably not, but whatever. I'm going to go back and watch the continuing subjugation of our citizens to the almighty dollar. Hopefully I can continue to afford to buy popcorn.
Heh, I think it's safe to say this list is full of shit, since ST: Voyager is rated higher then Firefly. But then again, he did rate Voyager lower then Xena, which seems to be pretty spot on since we all know what a bastion of quality science fiction Xena was.
Oh, and "'Star Trek Voyager' started off slow but ended as one of the better 'Star Trek' spinoffs" is not necessarily a compliment.
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If your reason is the real one, then explain to me why South Korea has a much bigger need for porn than the rest of the world.
It's because they are all gamers. There's no way in hell they can get a date.
I decided to try some of these tests myself. When testing using TooLeaky, I got a notification that it sent the information to GRC.com and recieved information from GRC.com, even when I disabled my internet connection.
on the community here at/. I expect the following opinion to be unpopular, but you never know.
No matter how disgusting MS's business practices are, they are still not the evil side in this story. The script kiddies are. So why are we spending so much time blaming MS for this story? I could care less if MS financed this story. I could care less if I am still getting Code Red attempts daily on my machines. What I do care about is that everyone on the internet, even those people running MS products, is secure.
The biggest problem we have on the internet from a security standpoint is ignorant users. The fact that we still get code red attempts shows that this is a huge problem.
MS seems to be a bit more ahead on the curve when it comes to this (somewhat...I'll say more about this in a minute). In Windows XP, the OS will check for critical updates automatically, and will either download and install it by itself, or let you know that it is available. (This depends on how you set it up. You can also have it not do this behavior, and are given the choice to decide when you get on the internet for the first time.) I personally think that the default behavior should be to autocheck and notify, with options to turn it off buried somewhere. This would help protect the ignorant, while giving the choice to those of us who know more and are willing to do more with our OS to make our own choice.
Of course, MS is also very slow at putting out security patches, and there is NO excuse for that.
We will see more problems like this in the future. No matter what anyone says, Linux is not exactly as user friendly to the average Joe as Windows is. So while it may be more secure OOTB, as new exploits are discovered we will run into more and more problems because average Joe will not know that there is a new security hole on his Linux box. I can imagine quite a few of you will try and blame this coming problem on the average Joe, but remember....the customer is always right. If average Joe doesn't feel like subscribing to a security mailing list and sifting through a tone of email a day, he shouldn't have to. And we shouldn't expect him to want to do that, anymore then average Joe should expect us to like Celion Dion.
So we should do something about this now, before it gets out of hand. Make the default action for a desktop Linux setup check for security patches and notify, with a dire warning that will scare the bejeebus out of average Joe. Make it pretty easy to turn off for those of us with a bit of knowledge. Keep pumping out patches. But make sure your average mouth breathing computer user can install the patch, without worrying about dependencies and without having to type anything. Point and click is their friend, even if it isn't necessarily ours.
That is what we should be doing. Let's clean our own side of the street first, and worry about blaming MS for another thing later.
BTW, I still see attempts by rootkits from Linux boxes daily, and these are (like the Code Red attempts) caused by boxes that are unpatched against security holes that have been fixed for a very looong time.
but it itsn't the only thing you have to remember.
Generally what you want is the fastest sampling speed. What is interesting is that in Windows XP (I'm assuming you are using windows for gaming) the USB ports are limited to a 125 hz rate, so in Windows XP, it is usually better to hook your mouse up through the ps2 port and up the sampling to something like 200 hz.
I believe that in 95/98/ME, you can't up the ps2 sampling rate that high (well, there are tools to do that, but even though they say they are sampling that high they really aren't.) I've heard different things about win2k and its ps2 port, so I'm not sure.
One more thing, you won't notice a difference if you are chunking along at 30 fps. This will only matter if you have a machine capable of running your game smoothly. (For example, running Quake 3 at 150 fps or something like that, you easily notice the difference when running your mouse at 200 hz. Your aiming will be much smoother. But if you run Quake 3 at 40-50 fps, you won't notice the difference because the extra mouse inputs are thrown out.)
Actually, you can sort by date, it just takes a bit of work.
First, you have to view the My Music folder using details, as opposed to small icon view or whatever
you are using. Right click on one of the column headers (such as name, artist,
etc.). This will bring up a menu in which you can check date modified and/or
date created. Each selection you check will then be added as a detail you can view for each file. Then
just click on the date modified or date created column (whichever one you added),
and the folder will sort itself accordingly.
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Pretty much the entire Obama era so far has been an example of the left experiencing all the things they did to the right and an administration doing all the things Bush did. The country didn't change at all.
Pretty much the entire Obama era so far has been an example of the right projecting all the things they did onto the left and the Democrats doing all the things in the Republican's interest. The country didn't change at all.
Thought I'd fix that for you.
I find it interesting that the Republican talking points are an extreme example of projection. If they accuse someone of embezzlement, or pretty much anything, you can be sure of three things:
a. They really believe it and always will, no matter how much you point out facts that prove them wrong
b. That when said facts disagree with their worldview, they will accuse the source of being left wing and biased and therefore by definition incorrect
c. That somewhere, they are actually doing the same thing they are accusing the left of, except much more efficiently and effectively.
Examples of this would be the family values thing, the deficit thing, the not giving a fuck about the veterans thing, the being in the pocket of industry thing, the government program = welfare thing (i.e. a huge amount of the defense budget), the racism thing, the litmus test thing, the only policy being that to gain power politically thing no matter what the cost to the country thing, the voter intimidation thing, the voter fraud thing...
I could go on and on, but you get the picture. Well, probably not, but whatever. I'm going to go back and watch the continuing subjugation of our citizens to the almighty dollar. Hopefully I can continue to afford to buy popcorn.
God, I have mod points but I can't seem to find the -1 Stupid option.
Oh, and "'Star Trek Voyager' started off slow but ended as one of the better 'Star Trek' spinoffs" is not necessarily a compliment.
It's because they are all gamers. There's no way in hell they can get a date.
Yes, when a convicted monopolist bundles software as a tactict to further consolidate their hold on an industry, it is called "anticompetitive".
If you aren't a monopoly, you can bundle 'till the cows come home.
I decided to try some of these tests myself. When testing using TooLeaky, I got a notification that it sent the information to GRC.com and recieved information from GRC.com, even when I disabled my internet connection.
Sounds like BS to me.
I didn't know Krushchev was gay.
Is that is why he kept banging his shoes against tables all the time? Because they were such horrible fashion statements?
on the community here at /. I expect the following opinion to be unpopular, but you never know.
No matter how disgusting MS's business practices are, they are still not the evil side in this story. The script kiddies are. So why are we spending so much time blaming MS for this story? I could care less if MS financed this story. I could care less if I am still getting Code Red attempts daily on my machines. What I do care about is that everyone on the internet, even those people running MS products, is secure.
The biggest problem we have on the internet from a security standpoint is ignorant users. The fact that we still get code red attempts shows that this is a huge problem.
MS seems to be a bit more ahead on the curve when it comes to this (somewhat...I'll say more about this in a minute). In Windows XP, the OS will check for critical updates automatically, and will either download and install it by itself, or let you know that it is available. (This depends on how you set it up. You can also have it not do this behavior, and are given the choice to decide when you get on the internet for the first time.) I personally think that the default behavior should be to autocheck and notify, with options to turn it off buried somewhere. This would help protect the ignorant, while giving the choice to those of us who know more and are willing to do more with our OS to make our own choice.
Of course, MS is also very slow at putting out security patches, and there is NO excuse for that.
We will see more problems like this in the future. No matter what anyone says, Linux is not exactly as user friendly to the average Joe as Windows is. So while it may be more secure OOTB, as new exploits are discovered we will run into more and more problems because average Joe will not know that there is a new security hole on his Linux box. I can imagine quite a few of you will try and blame this coming problem on the average Joe, but remember....the customer is always right. If average Joe doesn't feel like subscribing to a security mailing list and sifting through a tone of email a day, he shouldn't have to. And we shouldn't expect him to want to do that, anymore then average Joe should expect us to like Celion Dion.
So we should do something about this now, before it gets out of hand. Make the default action for a desktop Linux setup check for security patches and notify, with a dire warning that will scare the bejeebus out of average Joe. Make it pretty easy to turn off for those of us with a bit of knowledge. Keep pumping out patches. But make sure your average mouth breathing computer user can install the patch, without worrying about dependencies and without having to type anything. Point and click is their friend, even if it isn't necessarily ours.
That is what we should be doing. Let's clean our own side of the street first, and worry about blaming MS for another thing later.
BTW, I still see attempts by rootkits from Linux boxes daily, and these are (like the Code Red attempts) caused by boxes that are unpatched against security holes that have been fixed for a very looong time.
but it itsn't the only thing you have to remember.
Generally what you want is the fastest sampling speed. What is interesting is that in Windows XP (I'm assuming you are using windows for gaming) the USB ports are limited to a 125 hz rate, so in Windows XP, it is usually better to hook your mouse up through the ps2 port and up the sampling to something like 200 hz.
I believe that in 95/98/ME, you can't up the ps2 sampling rate that high (well, there are tools to do that, but even though they say they are sampling that high they really aren't.) I've heard different things about win2k and its ps2 port, so I'm not sure.
One more thing, you won't notice a difference if you are chunking along at 30 fps. This will only matter if you have a machine capable of running your game smoothly. (For example, running Quake 3 at 150 fps or something like that, you easily notice the difference when running your mouse at 200 hz. Your aiming will be much smoother. But if you run Quake 3 at 40-50 fps, you won't notice the difference because the extra mouse inputs are thrown out.)
Actually, you can sort by date, it just takes a bit of work.
First, you have to view the My Music folder using details, as opposed to small icon view or whatever you are using. Right click on one of the column headers (such as name, artist, etc.). This will bring up a menu in which you can check date modified and/or date created. Each selection you check will then be added as a detail you can view for each file. Then just click on the date modified or date created column (whichever one you added), and the folder will sort itself accordingly.
Voila.
That's no moon. That's a space station!