Fine with me. The HP calculators at the poker tables were a little annoying.
I also like having the 100x odds craps tables at Casino Royale all to myself. You can't get a spot at the tables with all the other nerds wanting to play at even money!
it'd be pretty damn funny to watch the government eat the bill for the roads
That WOULD be funny, but we ARE the government--at least its financial support. The government eating the bill means your taxes go up somewhere else.
Gasoline is already taxed pretty heavily, which makes it more expenseive, which is one of the biggest reasons people want hybrids to begin with. According to this article, that's leaving the government eating the bill for the roads, so now they want to charge by the mile.
directly out of high school. Get a job washing dishes, building houses, or some other hard manual labor. Work and party your ass off, and when you get sick of that and will take school seriously, enroll in college.
And pay for it yourself. You'll appreciate it much more.
Looks like it's actually a php problem, not a phpBB problem--or did I read it wrong?
From phpBB.com
Recently a serious exploitable issue was discovered in PHP (the scripting language in which phpBB, IPB, vB, etc. are written) versions prior to 4.3.10. The problematical functions include unserialize and realpath. phpBB (along with a great many other scripts including IPB, vB, etc.) use these two functions as a matter of course.
It has come to our attention that code has now been released which uses this exploit in PHP to obtain confidential information in phpBB. Such information includes data contained in phpBB's config.php file. We therefore recommend the following:
1) If you maintain your own server be sure to upgrade to the newest available release of PHP (both versions 4 and 5). Be aware that at this time phpBB 2.0.x has problems functioning under PHP5 without modification.
2) If you pay for hosting ensure you hosting provider has upgraded thier installation of PHP (again remember that phpBB 2.0.x and other scripts will not function under PHP5 without modification).
Please do not submit this PHP issue to our security tracker, it is beyond our control. Fixed versions of PHP do exist and as above we encourage you to ensure your system is running such a version. Equally please examine any "hacking" issues you have carefully to ensure they are not caused by this PHP problem (rather than phpBB). Remember, this is not a phpBB exploit or problem, it's a PHP issue and thus can affect any PHP script which uses the noted functions.
And then one day you have kids, and by some whim of chance they end up huge anime fans. Who do you turn to for a nice collection of anime videos?
Exactly. Last year my parents gave me their entire vinyl collection for Christmas. Best gift I ever received. Lots of those albulms haven't been released on CD. I'm so glad they kept them all.
My point, don't knock people like this just because they don't fit in your world view. Apply this to 90% of the posts you read on/.
If you're like me you have a nice little pool of non-techies who call you every time they have a problem. My solution to this problem is to keep these folks semi-informed by sending them all a note when something they need (ex. Firefox 1.0) comes out.
Cuts my "friend help desk" calls down, and also helps market these products to people who otherwise may not know about them.
Exactly. Personal property applies to things I own as well my body and mind. Respect of personal property means that I respect others things, body, and mind as well.
As long as their choices do not affect me (us), I (we) have no right to legislate their decisions, even if we wouldn't choose those things for ourselves.
One of the major differences of the LP over the one, err, I mean two major parties that currently have a stranglehold on our political system is that the platform is based on a logical application of an idea--protection of personal property and privacy.
In my view, I'm not voting for the man. I'm voting for an idea I believe in.
Walmart is asking to cut CD prices for its own benefit. They're not asking to cut CD prices for everybody, but only for themselves.
Exactly. They are trying to cut CD prices so that they can offer them to you and me at a cheaper price--we win.
It is very shortsighted to think that the same prices would not then apply to all other retailers. If they didn't, the other retailers would be driven out of the market, giving WalMart an even BIGGER share and more leverage against the supplier.
I think you are underestimating the profits of printer ink cartridges! =]:) True, but it's only a matter of time before people start realizing that for just a few dollars more they can get a new cartridge AND a new printer.
This is a good example of why capitalism does work.
Maybe it's a little tougher to do this to Microsoft, at least right now. If the record industry held strong, WalMart could stand by their threat, drop all CD sales completely, and still be THE retailer in the US.
However, if say, Dell, tried to pull this with MS, they would lose enormous sales and have very few other products with which to sustain themselves.
I'd go so far as to say we're not only approaching it...we're there.
Your point that health care is a service provided by skilled workers is a perfect example. How long will it be before "every American has the right to tech support" ane we are all paying for people who don't/won't read manuals (analogous to those who continue to kill themselves by apparently no reading warnings on cigarettes).
Yeah, I know it's a little bit of a silly idea, but I'm using it to show the ultimate absurdity in socialistic thinking.
Where does the government get off trying to interfere with that?
An even better question...what business does the government have in any personal relationship? I don't have to get a liscense to have a best friend do I?
Marriage is a religious institution, not a political institution...or at least that's how it should be.
You leave everything to the strong, and let the weak die.
I just don't see it that way. I don't advocate leave anything tangible to anyone--only leaving the opportunity (freedom) to do as one wishes as long as no others are harmed to all.
And I don't believe the weak would die. They would receive private assistance instead of government assistance--and I'd wager it would be twice as effective and half as expensive.
how about this senario: if a product (even a life saving one) will not bring back profit a private firm will not want to produce it. Lives aren't the issue here are they?
A fair point. However, doesn't that exact situation exist under the current system?
Privatise the FDA and companies will rely on people dieing from lethal drugs and the class action lawsuits in order to get themselves together. When economic downtimes occur they will cut their testing costs and more will die until lawsuits keep them in line again.
Possibly. Or maybe...
Time to market for new medications would be reduced, saving many lives that would be otherwise lost while the FDA enforced ridiculous regulations and trial procedures which, by the way, also drive up the cost of R&D and ultimately increase the cost for the consumer.
Not to mention the liklihood that companies whose products had a reputation for killing its test subjects with experimental drugs would soon lose their supply of those willing to be test subjects, thus hampering their R&D and ultimately driving them out of business.
The government isn't perfect but the libertarian view of the world is naive.
Maybe "idealistic" is a better word than "naive." To me, libertarianism is basically natural selection with the idea of respect for personal property added in. And whether we like it or not, natural selection is ultimately going to win out over any other systems we try to impose. If you don't believe me, ask the dinosaurs.
Right on...I graduated college in '96, worked at a job with solid pay, good benefits, and insanely good job security for 3 years, then left to chase high pay at low security jobs...
Four jobs (two of which were layoffs) later, fast forward to July 2004...I'm back to same company I worked for out of school, now with the same security, better pay, and better benefits.
They're going to have to chase me out of here this time.
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the problem here is they let users render html & javascript in their own pages on the site
No, the problem is that they let users render html & javascript badly in their own pages on the site
Fine with me. The HP calculators at the poker tables were a little annoying.
I also like having the 100x odds craps tables at Casino Royale all to myself. You can't get a spot at the tables with all the other nerds wanting to play at even money!
it'd be pretty damn funny to watch the government eat the bill for the roads
That WOULD be funny, but we ARE the government--at least its financial support. The government eating the bill means your taxes go up somewhere else.
Gasoline is already taxed pretty heavily, which makes it more expenseive, which is one of the biggest reasons people want hybrids to begin with. According to this article, that's leaving the government eating the bill for the roads, so now they want to charge by the mile.
Not funny.
directly out of high school. Get a job washing dishes, building houses, or some other hard manual labor. Work and party your ass off, and when you get sick of that and will take school seriously, enroll in college.
And pay for it yourself. You'll appreciate it much more.
Thanks for the correction and correct info. I'd mod my own parent down were it possible.
/. suspension.
I'll now begin a self-imposed two week
Looks like it's actually a php problem, not a phpBB problem--or did I read it wrong?
From phpBB.com
Recently a serious exploitable issue was discovered in PHP (the scripting language in which phpBB, IPB, vB, etc. are written) versions prior to 4.3.10. The problematical functions include unserialize and realpath. phpBB (along with a great many other scripts including IPB, vB, etc.) use these two functions as a matter of course.
It has come to our attention that code has now been released which uses this exploit in PHP to obtain confidential information in phpBB. Such information includes data contained in phpBB's config.php file. We therefore recommend the following:
1) If you maintain your own server be sure to upgrade to the newest available release of PHP (both versions 4 and 5). Be aware that at this time phpBB 2.0.x has problems functioning under PHP5 without modification.
2) If you pay for hosting ensure you hosting provider has upgraded thier installation of PHP (again remember that phpBB 2.0.x and other scripts will not function under PHP5 without modification).
Please do not submit this PHP issue to our security tracker, it is beyond our control. Fixed versions of PHP do exist and as above we encourage you to ensure your system is running such a version. Equally please examine any "hacking" issues you have carefully to ensure they are not caused by this PHP problem (rather than phpBB). Remember, this is not a phpBB exploit or problem, it's a PHP issue and thus can affect any PHP script which uses the noted functions.
And then one day you have kids, and by some whim of chance they end up huge anime fans. Who do you turn to for a nice collection of anime videos?
/.
Exactly. Last year my parents gave me their entire vinyl collection for Christmas. Best gift I ever received. Lots of those albulms haven't been released on CD. I'm so glad they kept them all.
My point, don't knock people like this just because they don't fit in your world view.
Apply this to 90% of the posts you read on
If you're like me you have a nice little pool of non-techies who call you every time they have a problem. My solution to this problem is to keep these folks semi-informed by sending them all a note when something they need (ex. Firefox 1.0) comes out.
Cuts my "friend help desk" calls down, and also helps market these products to people who otherwise may not know about them.
Exactly. Personal property applies to things I own as well my body and mind. Respect of personal property means that I respect others things, body, and mind as well.
As long as their choices do not affect me (us), I (we) have no right to legislate their decisions, even if we wouldn't choose those things for ourselves.
One of the major differences of the LP over the one, err, I mean two major parties that currently have a stranglehold on our political system is that the platform is based on a logical application of an idea--protection of personal property and privacy.
In my view, I'm not voting for the man. I'm voting for an idea I believe in.
Walmart is asking to cut CD prices for its own benefit. They're not asking to cut CD prices for everybody, but only for themselves.
Exactly. They are trying to cut CD prices so that they can offer them to you and me at a cheaper price--we win.
It is very shortsighted to think that the same prices would not then apply to all other retailers. If they didn't, the other retailers would be driven out of the market, giving WalMart an even BIGGER share and more leverage against the supplier.
I think you are underestimating the profits of printer ink cartridges! =] :)
True, but it's only a matter of time before people start realizing that for just a few dollars more they can get a new cartridge AND a new printer.
This is a good example of why capitalism does work.
Maybe it's a little tougher to do this to Microsoft, at least right now. If the record industry held strong, WalMart could stand by their threat, drop all CD sales completely, and still be THE retailer in the US.
However, if say, Dell, tried to pull this with MS, they would lose enormous sales and have very few other products with which to sustain themselves.
have two left, which means that I only had 4 friends to begin with. well, actually two friends but one wanted one for his dad and brother too.
anyhow, sadcox at gmail will get accounts for the first two to respond.
Being politically correct, the headline should be
"S. Korea Claims N. Korea Has Trained 600 White Trash."
We've fought too hard for too long to be slapped in the face with these antiquated slurs.
We are approaching a slippery, socialistic slope.
I'd go so far as to say we're not only approaching it...we're there.
Your point that health care is a service provided by skilled workers is a perfect example. How long will it be before "every American has the right to tech support" ane we are all paying for people who don't/won't read manuals (analogous to those who continue to kill themselves by apparently no reading warnings on cigarettes).
Yeah, I know it's a little bit of a silly idea, but I'm using it to show the ultimate absurdity in socialistic thinking.
Where does the government get off trying to interfere with that?
An even better question...what business does the government have in any personal relationship? I don't have to get a liscense to have a best friend do I?
Marriage is a religious institution, not a political institution...or at least that's how it should be.
I know it's the professional criminals and gangsters. They're in it with the aliens. They're building landing strips for mobbed-up martians.
You know turgid, I like you. You're not like the other people, here, in the trailer park.
You leave everything to the strong, and let the weak die.
I just don't see it that way. I don't advocate leave anything tangible to anyone--only leaving the opportunity (freedom) to do as one wishes as long as no others are harmed to all.
And I don't believe the weak would die. They would receive private assistance instead of government assistance--and I'd wager it would be twice as effective and half as expensive.
how about this senario: if a product (even a life saving one) will not bring back profit a private firm will not want to produce it. Lives aren't the issue here are they?
A fair point. However, doesn't that exact situation exist under the current system?
Uh, don't look now, but congress never declared war on Iraq, they only authorized the use of force by our (unconstitutional) standing army.
On a lighter note...
Give a man a fish, and he owes you a fish...teach him how to fish, and you've given up your monopoly on fisheries.
Privatise the FDA and companies will rely on people dieing from lethal drugs and the class action lawsuits in order to get themselves together. When economic downtimes occur they will cut their testing costs and more will die until lawsuits keep them in line again.
Possibly. Or maybe...
Time to market for new medications would be reduced, saving many lives that would be otherwise lost while the FDA enforced ridiculous regulations and trial procedures which, by the way, also drive up the cost of R&D and ultimately increase the cost for the consumer.
Not to mention the liklihood that companies whose products had a reputation for killing its test subjects with experimental drugs would soon lose their supply of those willing to be test subjects, thus hampering their R&D and ultimately driving them out of business.
The government isn't perfect but the libertarian view of the world is naive.
Maybe "idealistic" is a better word than "naive." To me, libertarianism is basically natural selection with the idea of respect for personal property added in. And whether we like it or not, natural selection is ultimately going to win out over any other systems we try to impose. If you don't believe me, ask the dinosaurs.
But I guess I could be wrong...
sys admin at a large japanese automotive electronics manufacturing facility...should have included that in the original post.
Right on...I graduated college in '96, worked at a job with solid pay, good benefits, and insanely good job security for 3 years, then left to chase high pay at low security jobs...
Four jobs (two of which were layoffs) later, fast forward to July 2004...I'm back to same company I worked for out of school, now with the same security, better pay, and better benefits.
They're going to have to chase me out of here this time.
they don't care about the cost to consumers or the economy.
No, they care about making money...that's what corporations do. Nothing wrong with that.
Just more proof that if you don't adapt you die.
I hope I can die a death as horrible as this one.
Not that I'm a huge fan of M$FT or their products, but let's be realistic...they are still raking it in.
if.you.have.that.many.dots.use.fucking.import.you. fucking.wanker.how.the.fuck.did.you.get.a.job()?
:P
Simple--ended my statements with semi-colons instead of question marks without having to rely on the compiler to catch my error for me.