Bell's cellular division is full of lying sacks of shit who will say anything to sell a phone and a contract. Why the fuck should I believe any part of the company about anything else they ever say?
Dissolving the CRTC is a really bad idea, and if you think just because they appear to bend to the telcos all the time that they're useless, you're a moron.
But you're advocating online petitions, so I'm being Captain Obvious.
Civil matters still require adjudication by a judge, making it a judicial matter. I'm fairly certain judicial is more comprehensive than merely criminal matters. I fully admit that I could be wrong either due to misinterpretation or differing locales.
It's a nice thought, but no, not all life has the same value. You want proof? Talk to a doctor about requirements for organ transplant recipients. Young before old, no druggies or drunks, no one with uncurable conditions, or even lasting illnesses. If all life was of equal value, then it'd simply be a matter of "who started needing the replacement first."
Then there's the legal system. Self-defence makes murder legal. Hmm. But if your life is worth the same as your would-be killer, you should be just as liable for his death as he would have been for yours.
I could go on, but it should be obvious by now that by any measure, different lives have different values.
It's called Star Trek. We've both been there, and done that. The major problem is that if the future is a shiny, happy place where everyone gets along, you don't really have a show. Plot is driven by conflict. You need some form of antagonist, which means a true utopian setting is fraking boring. That's why even Star Trek had unreasonably belligerent species like the Klingons, Romulans, etc. Man vs. Environment doesn't make for a good TV series, and Man vs. Self isn't good for ensemble casts and protracted plotlines. So, that leaves Man. vs. Man, so, fighting and dystopia it is.
He said in his post, that's when XP stops getting support. Since XP is the biggest OS that doesn't do IPv6, telling people to fuck off and get a new computer the same time their OS stops getting support seems okay.
Well, except for your point about running out of addresses well before then. That might be an issue...
Yeah, I know, that's why it'd be "if we used." The removal of LAN is pretty much the first reason I decided not to buy the game. I haven't heard anything since then to make me want to buy it. I admit that playing online on battle.net with cheats, friends accepting or not, is completely blizzard's call, and a banning in that case would be acceptable.
No, because the achievement system isn't optional. If I bought Starcraft II (which I'm not going to, especially now), I'd probably not play it online at all, and if I did, it would just be with a few specific friends. I don't give a fuck about the achievements, I wanna play the game MY way. If I run in to a level that I find incredibly annoying, and I wanna skip it, or I wanna just stomp all over it with some invincible units, it's not any of Blizzard's fucking concern. It wouldn't have been their concern if my friends and I wanted to cheat with each other either, if we used LAN play. The only time it should matter is if we're actually, purposefully, and with intent accessing online multiplayer to play with people who couldn't know whether or not I'm cheating. If you're going to use achievements as a reason to stop people from doing what they want with their game, then that system needs to be optional.
Ever worked retail? It's *always* busy, no matter what, during the "holiday shopping season." Psychology alone ensures it, but throw societal and marketing issues on top, and it pretty much would take the apocalypse for it to not be busy.
It's been done, and it's been proven that they were full of shit. The best one was a transmitter was erected near a bunch of people who then immediately started complaining about symptoms. Too bad the transmitter hadn't been turned on at any point.
Since there's been studies where these "electrosensitives" were placed in Faraday cages, but told they weren't in one, still had symptoms, and when they were placed in places they were told blocked signals, but didn't, and still "got better," yeah, I think that it's okay to think people like that are full of shit.
Try looking up the effects of flouridation. It's had a positive impact. It's not just about "helping people who refuse to brush their teeth." I'd provide you links, but seriously, put in some damn effort before you sound off.
Wifi typically runs at either 2.4GHz or 5 GHz, and would need to be a hell of a lot higher to do damage. Ultraviolet is at 960,873 GHz. Infrared is at 299,792 GHz.
Okay, as has been pointed out, thalidomide actually has legitimate uses, and so do a lot of other dangerous substances. Nitroglycerine is used in heart medication. So's cyanide. What really gets me though is the complete lack of mention of a group that most governments have. I believe in the US it's called the "FDA." Not sure what that stands for... something about administrating drugs... and food... and making sure they're safe...
No, the big issue is the people who try to exploit loopholes in that system, loopholes that are put there to ensure some levels of freedom, and then you get dangerous shit going out under the guise of "natural" or "holistic" medicine. The real scientists give you less to worry about with their radioactive corn than the faux-hippy down the street, because that radioactive corn had to go through tests and examinations, while that faux-hippy's stuff has absolutely no quality control.
School boards in Canada are elected. Since the parents voted to get rid of wifi, if the school didn't do it, they'd likely be voted out in favour of someone who would actually follow through on what parents voted in favour of. Isn't that how the democratic system is supposed to work? You vote on stuff, the elected body follows the votes, if they don't, you vote in people who do? Deriding an elected body for following the wishes of the electorate seems wrong, considering your usual stated positions...
For some small places, OOo may work. But for any serious business that wants properly formatted and compatible documents, you either use MS Office, or... Google Docs. OOo has absolutely no place in business. Anyone who thinks it does is just deluding themselves, or an OSS zealot of the highest order.
Best one? Cost. TVs are already expensive, and to stick a wireless nic in there would tack another $50+ on the price easily, for something I neither want nor need due to my set up far surpassing the need to hook my TV up to my network.
How about stability? Make TVs more complicated, all of a sudden my TV might start crashing, and I won't be able to do anything about it, unless the manufacturer includes an update down the road.
How about signal interference? Make it wifi only, and it's subject to the interference that makes so many areas unsuitable for wifi use. Put in a wired nic, and you're probably upping cost more.
There, three reasons, and two of them affect *everyone* even if they chose not to use the feature.
Actually, a lot of people do expect professions like lawyers and doctors to do some work for free. That old saw about meeting a guy at a party who says he's a lawyer, and asking his advice is true. People often think that just asking a question should be free, never mind that it does take that extensive education and some questions are fairly complicated to answer. But no, "oh, you make a lot of money usually, and this is just a question, so I should get access to your knowledge for free."
How about instead of having some program trying to figure out who's installing a program, how about no program can install another program? Download only, and it sits harmlessly until the user specifically goes, finds it, and runs it. In fact, have at the OS level, a captcha that needs to be filled in before a program installs. How's that? Think that'll stop anything? Probably work better than BLADE any way.
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Bell's cellular division is full of lying sacks of shit who will say anything to sell a phone and a contract. Why the fuck should I believe any part of the company about anything else they ever say?
Play WoW? Congratulations, you're next-best-thing to running a server. And yes, playing WoW *is* a well-known pastime for the average consumer.
Dissolving the CRTC is a really bad idea, and if you think just because they appear to bend to the telcos all the time that they're useless, you're a moron.
But you're advocating online petitions, so I'm being Captain Obvious.
Civil matters still require adjudication by a judge, making it a judicial matter. I'm fairly certain judicial is more comprehensive than merely criminal matters. I fully admit that I could be wrong either due to misinterpretation or differing locales.
Judges start out as lawyers. Kill them in the larval stage.
It's a nice thought, but no, not all life has the same value. You want proof? Talk to a doctor about requirements for organ transplant recipients. Young before old, no druggies or drunks, no one with uncurable conditions, or even lasting illnesses. If all life was of equal value, then it'd simply be a matter of "who started needing the replacement first."
Then there's the legal system. Self-defence makes murder legal. Hmm. But if your life is worth the same as your would-be killer, you should be just as liable for his death as he would have been for yours.
I could go on, but it should be obvious by now that by any measure, different lives have different values.
It's called Star Trek. We've both been there, and done that. The major problem is that if the future is a shiny, happy place where everyone gets along, you don't really have a show. Plot is driven by conflict. You need some form of antagonist, which means a true utopian setting is fraking boring. That's why even Star Trek had unreasonably belligerent species like the Klingons, Romulans, etc. Man vs. Environment doesn't make for a good TV series, and Man vs. Self isn't good for ensemble casts and protracted plotlines. So, that leaves Man. vs. Man, so, fighting and dystopia it is.
That's what he said. Try reading that again. And again. Keep reading until you notice the word "Half" after "first."
He said in his post, that's when XP stops getting support. Since XP is the biggest OS that doesn't do IPv6, telling people to fuck off and get a new computer the same time their OS stops getting support seems okay.
Well, except for your point about running out of addresses well before then. That might be an issue...
Yeah, I know, that's why it'd be "if we used." The removal of LAN is pretty much the first reason I decided not to buy the game. I haven't heard anything since then to make me want to buy it. I admit that playing online on battle.net with cheats, friends accepting or not, is completely blizzard's call, and a banning in that case would be acceptable.
No, because the achievement system isn't optional. If I bought Starcraft II (which I'm not going to, especially now), I'd probably not play it online at all, and if I did, it would just be with a few specific friends. I don't give a fuck about the achievements, I wanna play the game MY way. If I run in to a level that I find incredibly annoying, and I wanna skip it, or I wanna just stomp all over it with some invincible units, it's not any of Blizzard's fucking concern. It wouldn't have been their concern if my friends and I wanted to cheat with each other either, if we used LAN play. The only time it should matter is if we're actually, purposefully, and with intent accessing online multiplayer to play with people who couldn't know whether or not I'm cheating. If you're going to use achievements as a reason to stop people from doing what they want with their game, then that system needs to be optional.
Ever worked retail? It's *always* busy, no matter what, during the "holiday shopping season." Psychology alone ensures it, but throw societal and marketing issues on top, and it pretty much would take the apocalypse for it to not be busy.
It's been done, and it's been proven that they were full of shit. The best one was a transmitter was erected near a bunch of people who then immediately started complaining about symptoms. Too bad the transmitter hadn't been turned on at any point.
Since there's been studies where these "electrosensitives" were placed in Faraday cages, but told they weren't in one, still had symptoms, and when they were placed in places they were told blocked signals, but didn't, and still "got better," yeah, I think that it's okay to think people like that are full of shit.
Uh, it's not "Canadians," it's "Ontarians." Even BC (pot central) ain't that stupid.
Try looking up the effects of flouridation. It's had a positive impact. It's not just about "helping people who refuse to brush their teeth." I'd provide you links, but seriously, put in some damn effort before you sound off.
Wifi typically runs at either 2.4GHz or 5 GHz, and would need to be a hell of a lot higher to do damage. Ultraviolet is at 960,873 GHz. Infrared is at 299,792 GHz.
Okay, as has been pointed out, thalidomide actually has legitimate uses, and so do a lot of other dangerous substances. Nitroglycerine is used in heart medication. So's cyanide. What really gets me though is the complete lack of mention of a group that most governments have. I believe in the US it's called the "FDA." Not sure what that stands for... something about administrating drugs... and food... and making sure they're safe...
No, the big issue is the people who try to exploit loopholes in that system, loopholes that are put there to ensure some levels of freedom, and then you get dangerous shit going out under the guise of "natural" or "holistic" medicine. The real scientists give you less to worry about with their radioactive corn than the faux-hippy down the street, because that radioactive corn had to go through tests and examinations, while that faux-hippy's stuff has absolutely no quality control.
School boards in Canada are elected. Since the parents voted to get rid of wifi, if the school didn't do it, they'd likely be voted out in favour of someone who would actually follow through on what parents voted in favour of. Isn't that how the democratic system is supposed to work? You vote on stuff, the elected body follows the votes, if they don't, you vote in people who do? Deriding an elected body for following the wishes of the electorate seems wrong, considering your usual stated positions...
It's samzepus. I'm thinking it was deliberate, to troll readers. That's pretty much the only way he knows to get summaries.
Since those are from a 16-bit FF game, yes, it is sad.
For some small places, OOo may work. But for any serious business that wants properly formatted and compatible documents, you either use MS Office, or ... Google Docs. OOo has absolutely no place in business. Anyone who thinks it does is just deluding themselves, or an OSS zealot of the highest order.
I can come up easily with reasons not to have it.
Best one? Cost. TVs are already expensive, and to stick a wireless nic in there would tack another $50+ on the price easily, for something I neither want nor need due to my set up far surpassing the need to hook my TV up to my network.
How about stability? Make TVs more complicated, all of a sudden my TV might start crashing, and I won't be able to do anything about it, unless the manufacturer includes an update down the road.
How about signal interference? Make it wifi only, and it's subject to the interference that makes so many areas unsuitable for wifi use. Put in a wired nic, and you're probably upping cost more.
There, three reasons, and two of them affect *everyone* even if they chose not to use the feature.
Actually, a lot of people do expect professions like lawyers and doctors to do some work for free. That old saw about meeting a guy at a party who says he's a lawyer, and asking his advice is true. People often think that just asking a question should be free, never mind that it does take that extensive education and some questions are fairly complicated to answer. But no, "oh, you make a lot of money usually, and this is just a question, so I should get access to your knowledge for free."
How about instead of having some program trying to figure out who's installing a program, how about no program can install another program? Download only, and it sits harmlessly until the user specifically goes, finds it, and runs it. In fact, have at the OS level, a captcha that needs to be filled in before a program installs. How's that? Think that'll stop anything? Probably work better than BLADE any way.