[ Perhaps you didn't notice, but the whitespace was inside the URL, not outside. Even so, though, if the whitespace completes the end of the URL, it would be required, IMHO. Probably best in that case to specify it with %20 (or is it %32... can't think straight today) ]
While I don't disagree, considering that BIOSESes are usually flashed onto approx. 100 ns chips, I really doubt the BIOS makers could care less if the code is "slow"...
[ For fun, turn off BIOS shadowing on your motherboard. Next boot enjoy how XT-ish the responses on the menus are. ]
>In other news, he couldn't think of a good 'A' word relating to fire, or a good 'T' word relating to earth.
Fine. I'll take your challenge and raise you one:
Alight -- Fire Terra -- Earth
And I didn't use a thesaurus.
And here's what I raise you (again, no thesuarii were used in making this question, and I despise [but not hate, that's illegal in my country] people that hate ii words; so suck it down biatches, I'm gonna change the english language one post at a time, even if I lose karma):
- Give me the word that correctly describes this symbol: '#' as found on a touch-tone keypad. Do it without using the internet, except as required to post. You may consult your dictionary and thesaurus for this one.
- Also tell me a word starting with Q that means required. No dictionary or thesaurus allowed. Spell it properly, too.
Com'mon... do it. I dare you.
Damn intermediate level english language wannabes.
>Because I type my posts in "Plain old text" mode. I would use HTML but I dont want to put in my own god damned BR every time I just want to hit enter!
So do I!
Slashdot supports the use of HTML tags within Plain Old Text mode... You can have your cake and eat it too!
I've tested bold, italic, href, li/ol, em, tt, strong, and blockquote. They are all supported.
>PS, if you hate it when a link is not a link, get phoenix and the text link extension
Personally, while that does bother me, it bothers me more that people won't hyperlink on slashdot, considering that you'll almost always end up with a brokenURL if you don't.:)
[ Oh, for crying out loud! What the hell? I can't post a link with a space in it? Pretend the broken link is actually broken, TYVM. ]
No, but thanks for the compliment. It's always nice to be told you're actually more intelligent than the letters after your name would lead one to believe.:-)
Satellite dish technician and computer technician are totally different jobs.
You wouldn't expect a plumber to be able to work your computer, even if he installed those wacky Japanese toilets that probably hook up to it by now.
That being said, many satellite dish technicians are good with computers. The problem is, most of them end up in trouble for hacking the signals they're selling...;-)
> on Linux you need to recompile the kernel and use regular expressions in perl to recover accidentally deleted data. which is ok because it's open source.
In windows you have to go out and buy Norton Utilities, download unbelievably sized updates, and hope to hell it works to undelete deleted files.
Oh, sorry, I didn't realize you thought a "move" to the recycle bin was the same as deletion. It isn't. Hope that clears it up.
>Wonder if those same people would be pissed if I borrowed their car for several hours a night, but filled the gas back up when I parked it?
Yes, but if you made a copy of my car, and heck, even kept it, I really couldn't care. Toyota might not be happy, but that's not my problem.
If you were nice and asked first, I'd even lend you any tools I had to help you.
That's the difference between stealing and copyright violation / plain copying. One leaves the owner (by owner I mean the last person to puchase the item) without, the other leaves the owner with what's theirs.
And if Mandrake is dumb enough to let everyone suck off their bandwidth, that's their problem. Time for them to step it down a notch (as in to 14.4 kbps) for non-paying users. Let them use a mirror, which is what they should be doing anyways.
>The police sometimes shoot a guy who was only holding a knife.
In my country, if the police did this, there would be a VERY thourough investigation, and almost for sure, the police officer would no longer be such unless there was clear evidence that the officer was very likely to be killed with that knife.
The only time a police officer would be allowed to shoot would be if the person with the weapon (be it gun, knife, whatever) used it in not just a threatening manner, but in a life-endangering manner (holding it to a hostage's throat, holding it within stabbing distance of the police officer, etc).
In fact, in my country an officer has to fill out a report whenver they draw their firearm, period. The police may not use a gun to intimidate.
>Is it OK for any police officer to get hurt, or for their spouse and kids to lose any part of them?
No, however it is their duty to uphold the law, and to ensure justice prevails. Death is not justice in most countries.
The job comes with certain risks. However, very few police officers are killed/maimed on duty in most countries (fortunately).
>The same goes for police officers as for anyone else.
Agreed. And in many countries one doesn't have the right to bear firearms, except in certain cases (and in some countries, in no case whatsoever), so it only makes sense there are so many protections on what an officer can do.
>There is a concept in law called "No Duty to Retreat," and I see no reason why it cannot be applied in much the same way to cases like this.
In most countries, it is not allowed to kill someone anywhere (on your property or not) for any reason whatsoever, apart from imminent death or a handful of other reasons (none of which relate to computers, such as "battered wife syndrome").
Unless that other computer is someone able to pose a real and imminent threat to your life (no, being told "I will kill you" is not a defence to murder in most countries) you have no excuse to attack.
Just thought I'd mention that, since the internet does expand beyond your country (which, since you didn't mention it, I won't assume which one it is, but your interpretation of the law does narrow it down quite a bit...)
Yes, this means that unless I want to restrict the exit of a burglar, I'd have to sit there and watch. It's a small price to pay to ensure they can be brought to justice.
Better make sure it has it's own electrical circuit, and I'd say that the power cord is FAR too low of a gauge to handle the 1000 or so Watts of household power it'll take to drive that much into your speakers consistently.;-)
>I do understand why some people complain about the line, it is a touch of religion. But that's it. It's a *touch*. Hardly like when the Monarchy's dictated religion.
Perhaps if it said "One nation, without God" you'd see it my way.;-)
Really, I don't care that much, but it does seem that to go from a pledge that singles out nobody, to one that singles out many, is a step back. Maybe a small one, but still, a step back...
You've hit the nail on the head, and I get the point perfectly!
If these minors were represented, they'd be able to vote on wether or not they want a private or public water supply, road system, city parks, and 911 service.
Because they aren't, they can't, and so therefore it is wrong to tax them.
This would be no different from the city deciding they would supply the tea to the public, rather than allow the public to buy it from a company, for a higher taxation rate without allowing people to decide wether this is right or wrong.
>Times changes and things change. The Pledge is *now* how I cited it, and based on the court's ruling and public reaction, it seems that's the way it'll be staying for awhile.
"One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all..."
Question: If this is the new pledge of allegience due to public reaction and changing times, why is it so theistic? It seems like a strong step backwards, to the old days when you were ruled by Monarchy, to start including religion (and, more than that, specific sets of religions -- not all have only one God) in the pledge.
Just wondering... I'm a Canuck, so I really haven't much clue about the pledge of allegience as it relates to the US.
Exactly _what_ part of the internet is paid for by the government, and if there is a part of it still funded by the government, could America live without that PDP-11 and 300 baud modem?
Call it the "No More Mandatory Votes" party. Make it your platform to abolish the mandatory vote, then call another election to elect a real candidate.
Slashdot Mirror
>Whitespace isn't significant in a URL, so removing it is correct.
c /index.html
So these two "links" should point to the same place; is that what you're saying?
http://example.com/~user/My Music/index.html
http://example.com/~user/MyMusi
[ Perhaps you didn't notice, but the whitespace was inside the URL, not outside. Even so, though, if the whitespace completes the end of the URL, it would be required, IMHO. Probably best in that case to specify it with %20 (or is it %32... can't think straight today) ]
While I don't disagree, considering that BIOSESes are usually flashed onto approx. 100 ns chips, I really doubt the BIOS makers could care less if the code is "slow"...
[ For fun, turn off BIOS shadowing on your motherboard. Next boot enjoy how XT-ish the responses on the menus are. ]
>In other news, he couldn't think of a good 'A' word relating to fire, or a good 'T' word relating to earth.
Fine. I'll take your challenge and raise you one:
Alight -- Fire
Terra -- Earth
And I didn't use a thesaurus.
And here's what I raise you (again, no thesuarii were used in making this question, and I despise [but not hate, that's illegal in my country] people that hate ii words; so suck it down biatches, I'm gonna change the english language one post at a time, even if I lose karma):
- Give me the word that correctly describes this symbol: '#' as found on a touch-tone keypad. Do it without using the internet, except as required to post. You may consult your dictionary and thesaurus for this one.
- Also tell me a word starting with Q that means required. No dictionary or thesaurus allowed. Spell it properly, too.
Com'mon... do it. I dare you.
Damn intermediate level english language wannabes.
>Because I type my posts in "Plain old text" mode. I would use HTML but I dont want to put in my own god damned BR every time I just want to hit enter!
So do I!
Slashdot supports the use of HTML tags within Plain Old Text mode... You can have your cake and eat it too!
I've tested bold, italic, href, li/ol, em, tt, strong, and blockquote. They are all supported.
HTH + Enjoy!
>PS, if you hate it when a link is not a link, get phoenix and the text link extension
:)
Personally, while that does bother me, it bothers me more that people won't hyperlink on slashdot, considering that you'll almost always end up with a broken URL if you don't.
[ Oh, for crying out loud! What the hell? I can't post a link with a space in it? Pretend the broken link is actually broken, TYVM. ]
>like?
AGP, USB, firewire, SCSI, ISA, MCA (if you can find it!), and parallel port based devices, perhaps?
>Three? HDD, Monitor, ...?
:-)
CMOS / BIOS chip, if one is desparate.
>Uh... do you work as an IT manager or something?
:-)
No, but thanks for the compliment. It's always nice to be told you're actually more intelligent than the letters after your name would lead one to believe.
I've said it before, I'll say it again:
If you won't let people see your data, put it on removable media.
They make hard-drive caddies for exactly this reason. They're very cheap. Just take the HDD out when you're done, and put it somewhere secure.
Problem solved without encryption.
Satellite dish technician and computer technician are totally different jobs.
;-)
You wouldn't expect a plumber to be able to work your computer, even if he installed those wacky Japanese toilets that probably hook up to it by now.
That being said, many satellite dish technicians are good with computers. The problem is, most of them end up in trouble for hacking the signals they're selling...
> on Linux you need to recompile the kernel and use regular expressions in perl to recover accidentally deleted data. which is ok because it's open source.
In windows you have to go out and buy Norton Utilities, download unbelievably sized updates, and hope to hell it works to undelete deleted files.
Oh, sorry, I didn't realize you thought a "move" to the recycle bin was the same as deletion. It isn't. Hope that clears it up.
>Also, what's the one-line unix command (running MacOS X here).
srm [filename]
HTH.
>Where I work we generally destroy then throw away the entire computer when we no longer need it, the only thing part we keep is the monitor.
So, let's see, of three pieces of the computer that can permanently retain data, you keep one, and destroy the other two?
What happens to those monitors anyways?
>In the end, _you_ are responsible for data under the Data Protection Act (in the UK anyway)
Unless it's encrypted, then it becomes the government's business.
You can/could buy an IC from National Semiconductor that would do the same type of speech synthesis as the Speak 'n Spell did...
If only I could remember the part number. Oh well. I'm sure some smart cookie here will look it up and save the day!
>Maybe these things live off sms for food? Or maybe 7.5% of sms contain terrorist wording?
;-)
But terrorists aren't that silly. One can see they aren't. Many others can. But why can't you?
Let's assume it's because you're an Anonymous coward.
>Wonder if those same people would be pissed if I borrowed their car for several hours a night, but filled the gas back up when I parked it?
Yes, but if you made a copy of my car, and heck, even kept it, I really couldn't care. Toyota might not be happy, but that's not my problem.
If you were nice and asked first, I'd even lend you any tools I had to help you.
That's the difference between stealing and copyright violation / plain copying. One leaves the owner (by owner I mean the last person to puchase the item) without, the other leaves the owner with what's theirs.
And if Mandrake is dumb enough to let everyone suck off their bandwidth, that's their problem. Time for them to step it down a notch (as in to 14.4 kbps) for non-paying users. Let them use a mirror, which is what they should be doing anyways.
>The police sometimes shoot a guy who was only holding a knife.
In my country, if the police did this, there would be a VERY thourough investigation, and almost for sure, the police officer would no longer be such unless there was clear evidence that the officer was very likely to be killed with that knife.
The only time a police officer would be allowed to shoot would be if the person with the weapon (be it gun, knife, whatever) used it in not just a threatening manner, but in a life-endangering manner (holding it to a hostage's throat, holding it within stabbing distance of the police officer, etc).
In fact, in my country an officer has to fill out a report whenver they draw their firearm, period. The police may not use a gun to intimidate.
>Is it OK for any police officer to get hurt, or for their spouse and kids to lose any part of them?
No, however it is their duty to uphold the law, and to ensure justice prevails. Death is not justice in most countries.
The job comes with certain risks. However, very few police officers are killed/maimed on duty in most countries (fortunately).
>The same goes for police officers as for anyone else.
Agreed. And in many countries one doesn't have the right to bear firearms, except in certain cases (and in some countries, in no case whatsoever), so it only makes sense there are so many protections on what an officer can do.
>There is a concept in law called "No Duty to Retreat," and I see no reason why it cannot be applied in much the same way to cases like this.
In most countries, it is not allowed to kill someone anywhere (on your property or not) for any reason whatsoever, apart from imminent death or a handful of other reasons (none of which relate to computers, such as "battered wife syndrome").
Unless that other computer is someone able to pose a real and imminent threat to your life (no, being told "I will kill you" is not a defence to murder in most countries) you have no excuse to attack.
Just thought I'd mention that, since the internet does expand beyond your country (which, since you didn't mention it, I won't assume which one it is, but your interpretation of the law does narrow it down quite a bit...)
Yes, this means that unless I want to restrict the exit of a burglar, I'd have to sit there and watch. It's a small price to pay to ensure they can be brought to justice.
660 Watts, eh?
;-)
Better make sure it has it's own electrical circuit, and I'd say that the power cord is FAR too low of a gauge to handle the 1000 or so Watts of household power it'll take to drive that much into your speakers consistently.
>I do understand why some people complain about the line, it is a touch of religion. But that's it. It's a *touch*. Hardly like when the Monarchy's dictated religion.
;-)
Perhaps if it said "One nation, without God" you'd see it my way.
Really, I don't care that much, but it does seem that to go from a pledge that singles out nobody, to one that singles out many, is a step back. Maybe a small one, but still, a step back...
You've hit the nail on the head, and I get the point perfectly!
If these minors were represented, they'd be able to vote on wether or not they want a private or public water supply, road system, city parks, and 911 service.
Because they aren't, they can't, and so therefore it is wrong to tax them.
This would be no different from the city deciding they would supply the tea to the public, rather than allow the public to buy it from a company, for a higher taxation rate without allowing people to decide wether this is right or wrong.
>Times changes and things change. The Pledge is *now* how I cited it, and based on the court's ruling and public reaction, it seems that's the way it'll be staying for awhile.
"One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all..."
Question: If this is the new pledge of allegience due to public reaction and changing times, why is it so theistic? It seems like a strong step backwards, to the old days when you were ruled by Monarchy, to start including religion (and, more than that, specific sets of religions -- not all have only one God) in the pledge.
Just wondering... I'm a Canuck, so I really haven't much clue about the pledge of allegience as it relates to the US.
Exactly _what_ part of the internet is paid for by the government, and if there is a part of it still funded by the government, could America live without that PDP-11 and 300 baud modem?
Go out and form a party for the next election.
Call it the "No More Mandatory Votes" party. Make it your platform to abolish the mandatory vote, then call another election to elect a real candidate.
There you go. Democracy in the works.