1- More or less... It knows what my ISP is and more or less my area 2- Yup... that's why I don't have anything important in my Gmail address 3- Not in my country, no. 4- No, I have my own computer and office suite for that 5- Yes, and I really appreciate the service 6- Yes, and I find it a reasonable trade-off 7- No, I do my calendaring locally. 8- Yes, but I don't think anyone could do anything nefarious with that info 9- No 10- No
Well, time for another anecdote from south of the border:
I just moved to a new apartment, three bedrooms, nice living area, the complex has a nice garden and there's a beautiful park just outside... Essentially, a great place for the kids to grow.
BUT! It's in the ground floor and there's not much light and DAMN its cold sometimes.
Right now, we are freezing every night... at 6-8 degrees Celsius in these mid-February nights (41-46 Fahrenheit)
Many of you will say "that's not cold!" but its certainly very cold for us! Also, keep in mind that homes here aren't built with heating or AC, because we are used to have very temperate weather...
I use to work tech support for a huge hosting provider (they're in the top 5). We'd get threats of lawsuits every day, but one time someone blogged about us and management had an all hands meeting, telling us to ignore lawsuits because those are easy to fight but if a customer threatens to blog about us to escalate to a manager immediately (usually we could only offer manager call backs... yes i know stupid).
People forget how powerful the internet is yet we see the effects of millions of/. readers every day.
Basically, my job is to track down bloggers and forum posters who complain about my company and contact them to offer settlements in exchange for them pulling down their comments.
I know, I'll probably reincarnate as a slug or something
C'mon, if we can't convince the normals to use decent-strength passwords in their hotmail, and to stop saying "yes" to everything on Facebook, you want them to use public key crypto??
My dad got my kids some godawful movie about hamsters (G-Force, I believe its called)... It wasn't the kind of content I like my kids watching, but the intention is what counts.
Turns out that the box contains 3 discs: A DVD version (which I promptly copied and gave the copy to the kids for them to use*), a BluRay disc version and a "Digital Version" in a separate disc. "Three movies for the price of one!" the box advertises.
Apparently that third disc contains a digital copy of the same movie (dunno which format) that has to be activated from a server for it to play on a Windows computer. Seems that they don't want you to play regular DVDs in your computer anymore
-
* My kids are 5 and 3 years old, and they like to use their DVD themselves... that means scratched discs, so I have them use backups.
Of course, Bill "Cigar" Clinton didn't help matters much either with his antics and subsequent representation after the fact, which can tend to influence an entire generation as well.
If that's true, I am sure the current generation will be influenced by George "WMD" Bush's antics and subsequent representation after the facts...
As PakProtector said, its Terry Pratchett... and if you don't know pTerry, then I must say three things:
1 - The book quoted is comedy, although it is the kind of comedy that makes you think after making you laugh 2 - The atheist quoted is a Golem, made of clay, the fantasy equivalent of a robot (which is why his words all start with capital letters). As a general rule, atheists in the Discworld do not tend to live long, as they are frequently struck by lightning (even on a clear day) when they make their arguments. Dorfl the Golem, being made of clay, is immune to lightning, however.
3 - Please go and buy a book by Terry Pratchett, they are very good.
--
oh, and 4 - Pratchett most likely borrowed the argument of "the Atheist thinks of God constantly, albeit in terms of denial" from a very old Hindu story where a self-avowed atheist is sent directly in front of the face of God, as if he had spent his entire life praying. This was because, every time something good or something bad happened to him, the atheist would constantly remind himself that "gods don't exist" and therefore kept God in his mind constantly...
Consumer demand for an otherwise obsolete product is a strange thing, especially when it comes to cars.
Here in Mexico, the local VW plant kept producing classic VW beetles until 2003, when the goverment finally banned their use as taxis. Still, there's a huge demand for beetles in good conditions, since they are supremely easy to mantain and modify (there's even magazines dedicated to this car)
Similarly, consumer demand for the early nineties version of the Nissan Sentra keeps them producing and selling it as the "Nissan Tsuru" (the current version of the Sentra is also sold), and GM produces and sells the old version of the Opel Corsa (sold here as the "Chevy C2") along the current version (sold as the "Chevy Corsa")
People like what they know and can trust, I guess... But I am still completely baffled by this phenomenon.
If you disagree with the current politician's policies, and you are a millionaire, run on your own platform. Simple as that. If the population agrees with you, change occurs and problem solved.
I tend to dislike FIFY posts, but this seemed inevitable...
If you're actively censored, you can retaliate with force, and you should (but won't) ultimately be supported by the courts if your efforts fail. Thoreau's Civil Disobedience and all that. Bitching about being put down by the man is worthless. i.e. Put Up or Shut Up:)
Open insurrection would only cause accusations of terrorism from the ruling cadre and you will end up killed by the forces of the goverment.
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Theoretical physics is what Sheldon does
Experimental physics is what Leonard does
1- More or less... It knows what my ISP is and more or less my area
2- Yup... that's why I don't have anything important in my Gmail address
3- Not in my country, no.
4- No, I have my own computer and office suite for that
5- Yes, and I really appreciate the service
6- Yes, and I find it a reasonable trade-off
7- No, I do my calendaring locally.
8- Yes, but I don't think anyone could do anything nefarious with that info
9- No
10- No
Well, time for another anecdote from south of the border:
I just moved to a new apartment, three bedrooms, nice living area, the complex has a nice garden and there's a beautiful park just outside... Essentially, a great place for the kids to grow.
BUT! It's in the ground floor and there's not much light and DAMN its cold sometimes.
Right now, we are freezing every night... at 6-8 degrees Celsius in these mid-February nights (41-46 Fahrenheit)
Many of you will say "that's not cold!" but its certainly very cold for us!
Also, keep in mind that homes here aren't built with heating or AC, because we are used to have very temperate weather...
I use to work tech support for a huge hosting provider (they're in the top 5). We'd get threats of lawsuits every day, but one time someone blogged about us and management had an all hands meeting, telling us to ignore lawsuits because those are easy to fight but if a customer threatens to blog about us to escalate to a manager immediately (usually we could only offer manager call backs... yes i know stupid).
People forget how powerful the internet is yet we see the effects of millions of /. readers every day.
Basically, my job is to track down bloggers and forum posters who complain about my company and contact them to offer settlements in exchange for them pulling down their comments.
I know, I'll probably reincarnate as a slug or something
There's several open source repositories outside the US where people can get code.
I know for a fact that many cubans download Open Source software from the National University of Mexico
No mod points today, so I just want to say thank you for your informative and sobering post.
Please, don't explain the jokes (even those that are a bit lame)
C'mon, if we can't convince the normals to use decent-strength passwords in their hotmail, and to stop saying "yes" to everything on Facebook, you want them to use public key crypto??
Ah, well... I don't have PBS where I live either (Hint, I am not in the US)
BTW, Brits and Baker fans: I was making a joke!
I didn't expect the spanish inquisition...
Nope, my last name is Abreu
Tom Baker? Who's that?
For us in the other side of the Atlantic, the only Doctors are Christopher Eccleson and David Tennant
Thanks for the link.
So, 15 inches thick is not bad for a 60-inch TV, but its definitely not ready for laptops...
(I may be biased here, all my TVs are still CRTs)
My dad got my kids some godawful movie about hamsters (G-Force, I believe its called)... It wasn't the kind of content I like my kids watching, but the intention is what counts.
Turns out that the box contains 3 discs: A DVD version (which I promptly copied and gave the copy to the kids for them to use*), a BluRay disc version and a "Digital Version" in a separate disc. "Three movies for the price of one!" the box advertises.
Apparently that third disc contains a digital copy of the same movie (dunno which format) that has to be activated from a server for it to play on a Windows computer. Seems that they don't want you to play regular DVDs in your computer anymore
-
* My kids are 5 and 3 years old, and they like to use their DVD themselves... that means scratched discs, so I have them use backups.
Netflix is a non-entity for all of us outside the USA
Of course, Bill "Cigar" Clinton didn't help matters much either with his antics and subsequent representation after the fact, which can tend to influence an entire generation as well.
If that's true, I am sure the current generation will be influenced by George "WMD" Bush's antics and subsequent representation after the facts...
Google is (and has always been) an advertisement company.
You are expected to live with it, or circumvent it (it's not that hard)
As PakProtector said, its Terry Pratchett... and if you don't know pTerry, then I must say three things:
1 - The book quoted is comedy, although it is the kind of comedy that makes you think after making you laugh
2 - The atheist quoted is a Golem, made of clay, the fantasy equivalent of a robot (which is why his words all start with capital letters). As a general rule, atheists in the Discworld do not tend to live long, as they are frequently struck by lightning (even on a clear day) when they make their arguments. Dorfl the Golem, being made of clay, is immune to lightning, however.
3 - Please go and buy a book by Terry Pratchett, they are very good.
--
oh, and 4 - Pratchett most likely borrowed the argument of "the Atheist thinks of God constantly, albeit in terms of denial" from a very old Hindu story where a self-avowed atheist is sent directly in front of the face of God, as if he had spent his entire life praying. This was because, every time something good or something bad happened to him, the atheist would constantly remind himself that "gods don't exist" and therefore kept God in his mind constantly...
+1, nerdy reference
Consumer demand for an otherwise obsolete product is a strange thing, especially when it comes to cars.
Here in Mexico, the local VW plant kept producing classic VW beetles until 2003, when the goverment finally banned their use as taxis. Still, there's a huge demand for beetles in good conditions, since they are supremely easy to mantain and modify (there's even magazines dedicated to this car)
Similarly, consumer demand for the early nineties version of the Nissan Sentra keeps them producing and selling it as the "Nissan Tsuru" (the current version of the Sentra is also sold), and GM produces and sells the old version of the Opel Corsa (sold here as the "Chevy C2") along the current version (sold as the "Chevy Corsa")
People like what they know and can trust, I guess... But I am still completely baffled by this phenomenon.
More info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Beetle_in_Mexico
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Tsuru#Nissan_Tsuru.2FV16_.281992-present.29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel_Corsa#Opel_Corsa_B
Why not implement a Wave server? Wave is also open source and anyone can set up a server
Give me tasty, juicy, delicious steaks and I'll go and plug back in...
If you disagree with the current politician's policies, and you are a millionaire, run on your own platform. Simple as that. If the population agrees with you, change occurs and problem solved.
I tend to dislike FIFY posts, but this seemed inevitable...
If you're actively censored, you can retaliate with force, and you should (but won't) ultimately be supported by the courts if your efforts fail. Thoreau's Civil Disobedience and all that. Bitching about being put down by the man is worthless. i.e. Put Up or Shut Up :)
Open insurrection would only cause accusations of terrorism from the ruling cadre and you will end up killed by the forces of the goverment.
The villain has won ...and that's terrible
Troll? Not Runaway1956!
Really, the people in charge of Java need to make it a lot more attractive than .NET so that we can get truly multiplatform applications...
- Abreu, who is still frustrated that the D&D online apps only work with .NET 3.5
So, what happens when there's a McDonald's at the airport?
(Actually, there's a Starbucks at my local airport, and Starbucks offers free wifi here... gotta try it next time I fly)