Geeks are defined by spending enormous amounts of time on things that, while not considered bad, are socially undesirable. Her hobby is beauty pageants, which is basically the exact opposite. I find it difficult to believe that she has enough time left over to spend on history to be called a geek, but who knows, maybe she doesn't sleep. (Or maybe beauty pageants are less work than I'm giving them credit for. That's a distinct possibility.)
Oh, come on, no one's shown up yet to bash TI and say that it should be an HP? I thought we were real geeks here! Course, I'm a TI-81 man myself, so it's not like those folks have anything useful to say anyway. Move along...
's'OK, I was thinking Werner von. Although, that would defeat the purpose of your dichotomy. But you have to admit he'd be an ideal ruler of the geeks!
So our choices should be perfect government on one hand, where there is no injustice, or total anarchy on the other where we get rid of the cops because all cops are bad.
Why can't a good person be a cop to wholeheartedly uphold what laws are good, and limit abuse of those laws that are unjust as much as they can, WHILE putting effort into making a government that is respectable?
Sometimes the world isn't as clean as you'd like it to be.
Kidding, I'm well aware that the only vehicles are the strip are taxis and non-locals who made a wrong turn. It'll be interesting to see whether taxi's are one of the first or last to get autodrivers.
This isn't really about defamation though, their argument is that the activists are seeking employment under false premises, and that this should be considered a form of fraud.
They're familiar with the problem, sure, but as your example shows they've been struggling for years to find the solution. They're just not used to being unable to win by bundling things with Windows/Office.
I believe that was GP's point. Back in the day Phoenix had as its only goal standards compliant rendering, everything else you wanted had to be added through add ons; that made it very light weight and flexible. After Firefox accomplished that goal they started adding things into the trunk, eventually someone is going to have to go back and strip it down to what it was.
I don't understand what you're getting at, it looks to me like Syria's failing here was precisely in being able to censor the internet. Since they didn't have any way of stopping people with internet access from getting the information, so they had to cut everyone off from the internet. But the internet is still going, and anyone on it can still get the information. So, yes, the internet routes around damage, and treats censorship as damage. That doesn't help much if you're in the damaged section, but if the damage has a political cause it's not helping them gain popularity.
I'll grant that this is only true on a sufficiently small scale, if you throw resources at it constantly the way China does, then it's a different story.
I don't understand what you're getting at, it looks to me like Syria's failing here was precisely in being able to censor the internet. Since they didn't have any way of stopping people with internet access from getting the information, so they had to cut everyone off from the internet. But the internet is still going, and anyone on it can still get the information. So, yes, the internet routes around damage, and treats censorship as damage. That doesn't help much if you're in the damaged section, but if the damage has a political cause it's not helping them gain popularity.
I'll grant that this is only true on a sufficiently small scale, if you throw resources at it constantly the way China does, then it's a different story.
After a dose of public retribution OCZ agreed to allow end users to swap 25nm Vertex 2s for 34nm drives, they would simply have to pay the difference in cost. OCZ realized that was yet another mistake and eventually allowed the swap for free (thankfully no one was ever charged), which is what should have been done from the start. OCZ went one step further and stopped using 64Gbit NAND in the 60GB Vertex 2, although drives still exist in the channel since no recall was issued.
Funny, yes, but making sure your site works on Lynx at least to the point that it's comprehensible is a handy proxy for making sure it'll work for a screen reader.
I have to agree. It only works for me because I print at home no more than couple times a year, so an ink cartridge set lasts for about 2 years before they dry up, and then it's only $10 to replace them.
NASA is not insisting on capsules. The majority of proposed vehicles are capsules, including this one that they're doing the traditional way, but in the last round of CCDev proposals Orbital Sciences and Sierra Nevada both proposed spaceplanes.
This is likely because your money is more valuable to you than your time. For people who have a lot of money, that's often the other way around. So if there are parts of the game they really like and parts that they don't care for so much, they can pay to avoid it, only getting the parts that they want. Some games are set up to enable that trade, and some games regard it as cheating. Personally, I'm not a fan of games that have a grind, even though I didn't mind them when I was younger. For me, though, there's not enough value there to spend money on it given the alternatives, but for some people that's where their social life is. I'm not going to blame someone for spending the money on a video game instead of going to a bar.
He's commenting on the fact that Google PR's comments indicate that they believe that it's immoral, but that they can buy their way out of it. You'll notice that he can respect Cuban's position even though he thinks it's wrong.
No one is going to force me to use it, but if the things that I like that are fundamental to the desktop stop being supported, eventually something else I use is going to force me to choose between using their software or my preferred desktop environment. The longer I can keep the things I like supported, either by encouragement, donations, or doing it myself, then the longer I don't have to make that choice.
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Thank you! And somehow I'm sure that the language will catch up and find some new derogatory term for those who don't care.
Geeks are defined by spending enormous amounts of time on things that, while not considered bad, are socially undesirable. Her hobby is beauty pageants, which is basically the exact opposite. I find it difficult to believe that she has enough time left over to spend on history to be called a geek, but who knows, maybe she doesn't sleep. (Or maybe beauty pageants are less work than I'm giving them credit for. That's a distinct possibility.)
To be fair, I think that would take an actual wizard.
Oh, come on, no one's shown up yet to bash TI and say that it should be an HP? I thought we were real geeks here!
Course, I'm a TI-81 man myself, so it's not like those folks have anything useful to say anyway. Move along...
's'OK, I was thinking Werner von. Although, that would defeat the purpose of your dichotomy. But you have to admit he'd be an ideal ruler of the geeks!
So our choices should be perfect government on one hand, where there is no injustice, or total anarchy on the other where we get rid of the cops because all cops are bad.
Why can't a good person be a cop to wholeheartedly uphold what laws are good, and limit abuse of those laws that are unjust as much as they can, WHILE putting effort into making a government that is respectable?
Sometimes the world isn't as clean as you'd like it to be.
I don't want to be recorded when I'm not doing anything wrong, so I don't see why they would. The argument may be valid, but it's not sound.
(Note: Even though I may not want to be recorded I recognize that there are occasions where it is not objectionable, including while I am working.)
*headdesk*
Preview, moron!
No one goes there anymore, it's too crowded?
Kidding, I'm well aware that the only vehicles are the strip are taxis and non-locals who made a wrong turn. It'll be interesting to see whether taxi's are one of the first or last to get autodrivers.
This isn't really about defamation though, their argument is that the activists are seeking employment under false premises, and that this should be considered a form of fraud.
They're familiar with the problem, sure, but as your example shows they've been struggling for years to find the solution. They're just not used to being unable to win by bundling things with Windows/Office.
Simply Hard Anough?
I believe that was GP's point. Back in the day Phoenix had as its only goal standards compliant rendering, everything else you wanted had to be added through add ons; that made it very light weight and flexible. After Firefox accomplished that goal they started adding things into the trunk, eventually someone is going to have to go back and strip it down to what it was.
I don't understand what you're getting at, it looks to me like Syria's failing here was precisely in being able to censor the internet. Since they didn't have any way of stopping people with internet access from getting the information, so they had to cut everyone off from the internet. But the internet is still going, and anyone on it can still get the information. So, yes, the internet routes around damage, and treats censorship as damage. That doesn't help much if you're in the damaged section, but if the damage has a political cause it's not helping them gain popularity.
I'll grant that this is only true on a sufficiently small scale, if you throw resources at it constantly the way China does, then it's a different story.
I don't understand what you're getting at, it looks to me like Syria's failing here was precisely in being able to censor the internet. Since they didn't have any way of stopping people with internet access from getting the information, so they had to cut everyone off from the internet. But the internet is still going, and anyone on it can still get the information. So, yes, the internet routes around damage, and treats censorship as damage. That doesn't help much if you're in the damaged section, but if the damage has a political cause it's not helping them gain popularity.
I'll grant that this is only true on a sufficiently small scale, if you throw resources at it constantly the way China does, then it's a different story.
GP's vitriol was a bit over the top, but his facts were basically right.
After a dose of public retribution OCZ agreed to allow end users to swap 25nm Vertex 2s for 34nm drives, they would simply have to pay the difference in cost. OCZ realized that was yet another mistake and eventually allowed the swap for free (thankfully no one was ever charged), which is what should have been done from the start. OCZ went one step further and stopped using 64Gbit NAND in the 60GB Vertex 2, although drives still exist in the channel since no recall was issued.
Funny, yes, but making sure your site works on Lynx at least to the point that it's comprehensible is a handy proxy for making sure it'll work for a screen reader.
Forget XKCD, this calls for an oblig Sheldon.
I have to agree. It only works for me because I print at home no more than couple times a year, so an ink cartridge set lasts for about 2 years before they dry up, and then it's only $10 to replace them.
NASA is not insisting on capsules. The majority of proposed vehicles are capsules, including this one that they're doing the traditional way, but in the last round of CCDev proposals Orbital Sciences and Sierra Nevada both proposed spaceplanes.
This is likely because your money is more valuable to you than your time. For people who have a lot of money, that's often the other way around. So if there are parts of the game they really like and parts that they don't care for so much, they can pay to avoid it, only getting the parts that they want. Some games are set up to enable that trade, and some games regard it as cheating. Personally, I'm not a fan of games that have a grind, even though I didn't mind them when I was younger. For me, though, there's not enough value there to spend money on it given the alternatives, but for some people that's where their social life is. I'm not going to blame someone for spending the money on a video game instead of going to a bar.
s/SpaceX/Virgin
SpaceX's workhorse is already flying. Virgin might be by the end of the year (realistically next year, with all the paperwork).
He's commenting on the fact that Google PR's comments indicate that they believe that it's immoral, but that they can buy their way out of it. You'll notice that he can respect Cuban's position even though he thinks it's wrong.
No one is going to force me to use it, but if the things that I like that are fundamental to the desktop stop being supported, eventually something else I use is going to force me to choose between using their software or my preferred desktop environment. The longer I can keep the things I like supported, either by encouragement, donations, or doing it myself, then the longer I don't have to make that choice.
It's as if they finally remembered that their name is International Business Machines!