I belong to it, but only because my employer pays the membership fee. For that, I get a monthly glossy magazine that I sometimes flick through, invitations to lectures, events, etc that I never attend, and the ability to put "MBCS" after my name - not that I ever would. (I don't put my real qualifications after my name, why would I put that there?)
Personally I didn't mind Doom that much, but then I went into it expecting nothing but a run-of-the-mill shoot 'em up with some vague occult/horror undertones, which is more or less what we got. Not great by any means, but I don't feel robbed of the time I spent watching it.
A guy I used to work with had a collection of pirated DS game files he showed me once; there were easily 60 of them if not more.
At maybe 30USD per game at full retail, that's >1800USD just for his collection - and that's assuming he had them all with him at the time (we were actually at work).
The knee-jerk reaction to that (first) case really pissed me off. Yes, it was tragic, no, it should never have happened - but by all the reports that I've read she believed she was talking to a boy her own age. No amount of "I'm being groomed by a paedo!!!" panic buttons would have saved her.
As others have said, it won't, it's nowhere near massive enough.
But to put it in to some perspective, current estimates for the mass breakdown of the solar system put around 99% of the mass in the sun. That is, the sun isn't 100x more massive than Jupiter, but than *everything else put together* - all the planets, asteroids, comets, everything.
Now I admit that it's been a long time since I took any speed, and then I only did so half a dozen times, but I've never seen speed in pill form. I've always taken speed to mean (only) amphetamine, and I've always seen it as a powder. Maybe it's a UK vs US thing.
No, that was offtopic - the topic at hand is HTML5 vs Flash, not moderation abuses. For what it's worth though I do agree with you, there's no way that post was a troll.
I can't speak for AT&T or US carriers in general, but here in the UK I've spent literally years in the past on plans that no longer exist. Just don't upgrade; if nothing else, if you're contracted to a specific plan, I would be amazed if it would be legal to shove you on to another one - you generally can't demand to be moved to a new one after all.
The actual science class discussion, when it came around, was like one day.
ID is not a scientific theory. As such, it should not be taught in science classes at all. At most, I would expect it to be mentioned as an example of what a scientific theory is not.
Ah now, what we call the "theory of gravity" is the mathematical and physical explanation for the effect that we see - namely, that massive bodies experience mutual attraction.
Gravity is an observational fact; the mechanism by which it operates and the equations that describe it are the theory.
Not that I'm disagreeing with your argument in the least of course, but as long as we're being semantically rigorous...
And users are not forced to run "Internet Explorer", that festering cesspool of security vulnerabilities, because someone locked the software update mechanism to a web browser with too many "features" to possibly secure.
That's not true as of Vista, at least on the desktop side of things. Both Vista and Win 7 have standalone applications to handle checking for, downloading and installed updates.
For what it's worth, I hate it when people use the title to start their post; it's meant to be the subject, not the first part of the first sentence...
Well, arguably it demonstrates premeditation; in reality it's probably going to be used rather like existing "extras", to bump up the sentence when desired. For example, it's perfectly legal to carry a crowbar or screwdriver in public. Use one while burgling a house or stealing a car, and suddenly you have "going equipped" added to the charge list.
I can't cite a source, but I have read that the reason why Chrome's AdBlock does that is because there is no other way for it to function - Chrome does not provide a mechanism to prevent the ad from being downloaded, so all it can do is strip it from the page.
If you think about it, that makes perfect sense for a browser produced by a company that is rapidly becoming absolutely huge in the world of online advertising...
I have always hated facebook, but I didnt know the true hate till i went to ehow.com - or any number of a growing pool of "facebook connect" sites, and saw a picture of my girlfriend on there with the option to leave a comment about the site. What the fucking fuck! i still havent been able to turn that "feature" off yet, because i cant find the damn option!
Account drop down -> Privacy settings -> "Applications and websites" -> Click the "Edit setting" button for "Instant personalisation pilot programme" -> Uncheck the box.
Note though that the copy lists only three current partner sites, and eHow isn't one of them; of course, the copy may be out of date, or customised for my region (I'm in the UK). Note also the following small print:
Please keep in mind that if you opt out, your friends may still share public Facebook information about you to personalise their experience on these partner sites unless you block the application.
(There's also a link to get more information about that)
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"I have come here to eat cake and kick ass, and I'm all outta cake."
No, if you're talking about gigabytes rather than gibibytes, I think you can safely assume you should be talking about petabytes.
I belong to it, but only because my employer pays the membership fee. For that, I get a monthly glossy magazine that I sometimes flick through, invitations to lectures, events, etc that I never attend, and the ability to put "MBCS" after my name - not that I ever would. (I don't put my real qualifications after my name, why would I put that there?)
Personally I didn't mind Doom that much, but then I went into it expecting nothing but a run-of-the-mill shoot 'em up with some vague occult/horror undertones, which is more or less what we got. Not great by any means, but I don't feel robbed of the time I spent watching it.
I do agree about the first-person bit though.
A guy I used to work with had a collection of pirated DS game files he showed me once; there were easily 60 of them if not more.
At maybe 30USD per game at full retail, that's >1800USD just for his collection - and that's assuming he had them all with him at the time (we were actually at work).
The knee-jerk reaction to that (first) case really pissed me off. Yes, it was tragic, no, it should never have happened - but by all the reports that I've read she believed she was talking to a boy her own age. No amount of "I'm being groomed by a paedo!!!" panic buttons would have saved her.
As others have said, it won't, it's nowhere near massive enough.
But to put it in to some perspective, current estimates for the mass breakdown of the solar system put around 99% of the mass in the sun. That is, the sun isn't 100x more massive than Jupiter, but than *everything else put together* - all the planets, asteroids, comets, everything.
Trust me, pedestrians hate dodging bicycles just as much as cyclists hate dodging cars.
Now I admit that it's been a long time since I took any speed, and then I only did so half a dozen times, but I've never seen speed in pill form. I've always taken speed to mean (only) amphetamine, and I've always seen it as a powder. Maybe it's a UK vs US thing.
No, that was offtopic - the topic at hand is HTML5 vs Flash, not moderation abuses. For what it's worth though I do agree with you, there's no way that post was a troll.
Progress, it seems, is getting less for more.
You have that backwards - it's about getting more (money) for less (network usage).
I can't speak for AT&T or US carriers in general, but here in the UK I've spent literally years in the past on plans that no longer exist. Just don't upgrade; if nothing else, if you're contracted to a specific plan, I would be amazed if it would be legal to shove you on to another one - you generally can't demand to be moved to a new one after all.
The actual science class discussion, when it came around, was like one day.
ID is not a scientific theory. As such, it should not be taught in science classes at all. At most, I would expect it to be mentioned as an example of what a scientific theory is not.
We still call gravity a "Theory" as well.
Ah now, what we call the "theory of gravity" is the mathematical and physical explanation for the effect that we see - namely, that massive bodies experience mutual attraction.
Gravity is an observational fact; the mechanism by which it operates and the equations that describe it are the theory.
Not that I'm disagreeing with your argument in the least of course, but as long as we're being semantically rigorous...
And users are not forced to run "Internet Explorer", that festering cesspool of security vulnerabilities, because someone locked the software update mechanism to a web browser with too many "features" to possibly secure.
That's not true as of Vista, at least on the desktop side of things. Both Vista and Win 7 have standalone applications to handle checking for, downloading and installed updates.
In the US perhaps; I've never heard the term here in the UK - not that I talk about caterpillars very often of course...
For what it's worth, I hate it when people use the title to start their post; it's meant to be the subject, not the first part of the first sentence...
Not unless speeding is now considered an act of terrorism.
Well, arguably it demonstrates premeditation; in reality it's probably going to be used rather like existing "extras", to bump up the sentence when desired. For example, it's perfectly legal to carry a crowbar or screwdriver in public. Use one while burgling a house or stealing a car, and suddenly you have "going equipped" added to the charge list.
I'm downloading it to my HTC Desire as I type. Doesn't look pulled to me.
Not officially, but there's nothing stopping any business or person from accepting it as proof - it's just unlikely that anyone will.
It also only works for google.com - or at least, going to https://www.google.co.uk/ redirects you to http://www.google.co.uk./
I can't cite a source, but I have read that the reason why Chrome's AdBlock does that is because there is no other way for it to function - Chrome does not provide a mechanism to prevent the ad from being downloaded, so all it can do is strip it from the page.
If you think about it, that makes perfect sense for a browser produced by a company that is rapidly becoming absolutely huge in the world of online advertising...
I have always hated facebook, but I didnt know the true hate till i went to ehow.com - or any number of a growing pool of "facebook connect" sites, and saw a picture of my girlfriend on there with the option to leave a comment about the site.
What the fucking fuck! i still havent been able to turn that "feature" off yet, because i cant find the damn option!
Account drop down -> Privacy settings -> "Applications and websites" -> Click the "Edit setting" button for "Instant personalisation pilot programme" -> Uncheck the box.
Note though that the copy lists only three current partner sites, and eHow isn't one of them; of course, the copy may be out of date, or customised for my region (I'm in the UK). Note also the following small print:
(There's also a link to get more information about that)
Are my first-amendment rights applicable?
No, as they protect you from the government, not from private entities.