If I were wanted for extradition to go on trial for rape and I was confident that I would not receive a fair trial, you can bet your ass I wouldn't go.
Considering you're [presumably] using an "i7-equipped PC", I think the fact that your web browser freezes when opening new tabs speaks to larger problems with your computer than your choice of web browser.
if you have a hardware issue just take it back to the store and have them replace it. that's what i did with my iphone 3gs a few years back. took 20 minutes at the genius bar including the waiting
oh wait......
If you have a battery issue, just order a replacement off the Internet and replace it yourself. That's what I did with my Droid X a year ago. Took 5 minutes of searching online and only cost ten dollars.
Quite honestly, I don't know why we shit on ACs just for being ACs. It's the same thing as an ad hominem attack, which we regularly condemn here.
In reality the AC is correct and the grandparent is incorrect in his assertion that, "There didn't appear to be any motive for the assault other than a fear of his prothetics." Grandparent is apparently unaware that essentially all information regarding Mann's incident comes from his blog. There was thorough discussion on Slashdot about possible motives and I think it was generally agreed upon that the reason for the attack was a perfect storm of a) language barrier b) Mann's disregard for the rules of McDonalds, and from what I gather, unwillingness to leave (no filming or pictures) and c) McDonald's employees who are currently trying to keep their restaurant, which is currently under protest, from going under.
All this being said, AC's comment, though correct, was inflammatory with the "state facts or STFU" spiel at the end. It looks like there are only losers here.
"Marriage is a legal institution and the details aren't a secret in some states. Why should the details of the divorce be?"
Because it's your personal life, no crimes were committed, it and doesn't have anything to do with anyone other than your spouse and you.
"If there is no public interest in marriage, why does it even exist as a legal institution at all?"
Good point, and exactly why married people shouldn't receive any benefits not afforded to an unmarried individual. The government shouldn't be incentivizing lifestyle choices. Besides, "marriage" is historically a religious institution. Quite frankly, I don't understand why the government is involved in it at all or why things like "marriage certificates" even exist. The government shouldn't be involved in marrying people or keeping them from being married. The whole thing is stupid.
Your comment loses its umph when you cite Braid and Minecraft (Indie games -- not AAA titles by a long-shot) as examples of games that cost ten dollars.
You're comparing something that two people worked on to something that around a hundred people worked on. Give me a break.
In the US bars/restaurants/liquor stores all take carding their patrons very seriously. Obviously their are individuals and particular locations who don't take it seriously, but for the most part, they do. This is because in most jurisdictions, getting caught serving underage twice within a year (which cops do buy hiring underage people to buy drinks) will cause your establishment to lose their liquor license for 6 months. For any establishment that serves alcohol, this usually means going out of business.
Maybe some parents give their kids beer occasionally (4th of july, new years, etc.) and let older high schoolers drink at their house because they think the law is unreasonable, but the fact is there is no way those kids went out and got the beer themselves without getting an older person to buy for them or using a fake ID.
The US regularly commits acts that if committed against us would cause a full-scale war. It's unacceptable. If you're in power and you abuse those around you, guess what happens when you start losing power and they gain it?
"With great power comes great responsibility." The US over the past 60 years has demonstrated the responsibility of a small child.
As a young person, I'm just trying to be optomistic the future -- because I really do think this country is fucked.
And since the proportion of people who "care about that kind of thing," even among the build-your-own computer folks, is so small, the ability to install your own root certificate will be an extra "feature" that you have to pay out the nose for. A lot of future fifteen year-olds just lost their exposure to Linux because they didn't want to pay an extra forty bucks for an equivalent motherboard with an additional feature they may or not use.
The fact of the matter is that if you lock down a product to take away a function, even if is still available via a new "feature" on select products, the use of that function is going to go decrease because people either a) don't want to pay for the feature or b) it adds another level of complexity to using the function, discouraging use.
I don't think this situation is good for Linux and I think it's worse for young people interested in computing.
I believe GP is trying to say that although growing up he had a strong urge to learn about the world around him, school caused him to lose this desire.
I can relate. The summer I turned fifteen I built my own computer, set up a simple network at my parents house, and using server space provided by a neighborhood friend who was a hosting provider, designed and setup a.net website to share Halo:CE gameplay videos I was making. At this point, I had received no training at school in computers aside from using basic Microsoft Office programs and typing class. My parents didn't know diddly about computers, either, but they purchased a Dell for our home and I learned everything I could across our 56k modem. A year or two later I took the first computer science class available to me in school: AP Java.
My teacher was great, but unfortunately was forced to prepare us for the AP test, which requires that you have a working knowledge of (pardon me, I haven't looked at java since, so my nomenclature could be off) a collection of methods use to move Fish around a grid while they replicate and eat each other. The majority of the class focused on building up from the basics (understanding the grid, how to move the fish) and worked towards the more complicated (reproduction, eating, custom rules for different fish, etc.). The problem was, none of us would have been able to program the fish simulation, we just understood how the methods worked together and their format. This left us, or at least me, feeling very disconnected from what we were working on. It wasn't mine... I was merely fiddling around in a world someone else created and I didn't feel as though I could create something on my own if I wanted to. I did fine in the class and did well on the AP test, but it left a bad taste for CS in my mouth and I haven't touched it since (aside from a very basic C++/Matlab class). I just graduated from college with a BS in Sociology -- and I got an 800 on the math section of the SAT. I seriously regret that I lost interest in CS -- I think it is something I would be good at.
I reformat my PC once a year on the off chance there is something going on I'm not aware of... and it never takes me more than an hour and a half to do so.
That may be true, but they still mark their CPU's down 10-20%, so I always by mine there.
For the i5 2500k: Newegg: $220 Microcenter: $180
Of course they do this to get you in the door and sell you other stuff, but I've never had a problem with sales people being pushy or not letting me leave. (My experience is at the Boston/Cambridge location)
The problem is that even if you're tech team is the most savvy in the world, you've still left yourself wide open to attack via social hacking. In terms of security, humans are and will always be the weakest link in a computer network.
You can legislate only to a certain degree. That is, make companies responsible for the security of the information related to their CLIENTS. I personally don't care if a company loses their trade secrets to hackers, but I do care if they lose my personal information, credit card numbers, etc.
I believe there was a story within the past year where a team of researchers found that they could determine with ~85% (if I recall) accuracy the sexual orientation of a facebook member simply by analyzing who they are friends with.
You don't have to declare yourself to come out -- someone else can do it for you. People who don't want to announce their sexuality (for whatever reason) are exposed every day -- not in the way stated above, maybe, but it certainly happens.
This is a really old joke. It was very funny to me at first, but in reality by making that false 911 call you're buying yourself a free ticket to be arrested and jailed for the night. And for good reason.
(The only reason I brought this up is this joke supposedly originates from a Newspaper clipping, and the above statement makes that very unlikely to be true)
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If I were wanted for extradition to go on trial for rape and I was confident that I would not receive a fair trial, you can bet your ass I wouldn't go.
Considering you're [presumably] using an "i7-equipped PC", I think the fact that your web browser freezes when opening new tabs speaks to larger problems with your computer than your choice of web browser.
I agree. Romero hasn't been involved in any worthwhile game project since Quake 3.
Does your Android phone give you the luxury of being able to install iOS on it?
It might if iOS were open-source.
if you have a hardware issue just take it back to the store and have them replace it. that's what i did with my iphone 3gs a few years back. took 20 minutes at the genius bar including the waiting
oh wait......
If you have a battery issue, just order a replacement off the Internet and replace it yourself. That's what I did with my Droid X a year ago. Took 5 minutes of searching online and only cost ten dollars.
Oh wait...
Quite honestly, I don't know why we shit on ACs just for being ACs. It's the same thing as an ad hominem attack, which we regularly condemn here.
In reality the AC is correct and the grandparent is incorrect in his assertion that, "There didn't appear to be any motive for the assault other than a fear of his prothetics." Grandparent is apparently unaware that essentially all information regarding Mann's incident comes from his blog. There was thorough discussion on Slashdot about possible motives and I think it was generally agreed upon that the reason for the attack was a perfect storm of a) language barrier b) Mann's disregard for the rules of McDonalds, and from what I gather, unwillingness to leave (no filming or pictures) and c) McDonald's employees who are currently trying to keep their restaurant, which is currently under protest, from going under.
All this being said, AC's comment, though correct, was inflammatory with the "state facts or STFU" spiel at the end. It looks like there are only losers here.
"Marriage is a legal institution and the details aren't a secret in some states. Why should the details of the divorce be?"
Because it's your personal life, no crimes were committed, it and doesn't have anything to do with anyone other than your spouse and you.
"If there is no public interest in marriage, why does it even exist as a legal institution at all?"
Good point, and exactly why married people shouldn't receive any benefits not afforded to an unmarried individual. The government shouldn't be incentivizing lifestyle choices. Besides, "marriage" is historically a religious institution. Quite frankly, I don't understand why the government is involved in it at all or why things like "marriage certificates" even exist. The government shouldn't be involved in marrying people or keeping them from being married. The whole thing is stupid.
Your comment loses its umph when you cite Braid and Minecraft (Indie games -- not AAA titles by a long-shot) as examples of games that cost ten dollars.
You're comparing something that two people worked on to something that around a hundred people worked on. Give me a break.
It's not enforced? Are you kidding me?
In the US bars/restaurants/liquor stores all take carding their patrons very seriously. Obviously their are individuals and particular locations who don't take it seriously, but for the most part, they do. This is because in most jurisdictions, getting caught serving underage twice within a year (which cops do buy hiring underage people to buy drinks) will cause your establishment to lose their liquor license for 6 months. For any establishment that serves alcohol, this usually means going out of business.
Maybe some parents give their kids beer occasionally (4th of july, new years, etc.) and let older high schoolers drink at their house because they think the law is unreasonable, but the fact is there is no way those kids went out and got the beer themselves without getting an older person to buy for them or using a fake ID.
Not only that, the money goes the treasury -- not the customers they've been ripping off.
It's top selling because most users are on their second or third replacement console.
I wish I had mod points. A million times this.
The US regularly commits acts that if committed against us would cause a full-scale war. It's unacceptable. If you're in power and you abuse those around you, guess what happens when you start losing power and they gain it?
"With great power comes great responsibility." The US over the past 60 years has demonstrated the responsibility of a small child.
As a young person, I'm just trying to be optomistic the future -- because I really do think this country is fucked.
So what you're saying is that the device belongs to me, but I can't do what I want with it or control what goes on it.
Makes sense.
You could say the same thing about the PS3 pre- and post- removal of the Other OS feature. Doesn't make it any less wrong or fucked up.
And since the proportion of people who "care about that kind of thing," even among the build-your-own computer folks, is so small, the ability to install your own root certificate will be an extra "feature" that you have to pay out the nose for. A lot of future fifteen year-olds just lost their exposure to Linux because they didn't want to pay an extra forty bucks for an equivalent motherboard with an additional feature they may or not use.
The fact of the matter is that if you lock down a product to take away a function, even if is still available via a new "feature" on select products, the use of that function is going to go decrease because people either a) don't want to pay for the feature or b) it adds another level of complexity to using the function, discouraging use.
I don't think this situation is good for Linux and I think it's worse for young people interested in computing.
I believe GP is trying to say that although growing up he had a strong urge to learn about the world around him, school caused him to lose this desire.
.net website to share Halo:CE gameplay videos I was making. At this point, I had received no training at school in computers aside from using basic Microsoft Office programs and typing class. My parents didn't know diddly about computers, either, but they purchased a Dell for our home and I learned everything I could across our 56k modem. A year or two later I took the first computer science class available to me in school: AP Java.
I can relate. The summer I turned fifteen I built my own computer, set up a simple network at my parents house, and using server space provided by a neighborhood friend who was a hosting provider, designed and setup a
My teacher was great, but unfortunately was forced to prepare us for the AP test, which requires that you have a working knowledge of (pardon me, I haven't looked at java since, so my nomenclature could be off) a collection of methods use to move Fish around a grid while they replicate and eat each other. The majority of the class focused on building up from the basics (understanding the grid, how to move the fish) and worked towards the more complicated (reproduction, eating, custom rules for different fish, etc.). The problem was, none of us would have been able to program the fish simulation, we just understood how the methods worked together and their format. This left us, or at least me, feeling very disconnected from what we were working on. It wasn't mine... I was merely fiddling around in a world someone else created and I didn't feel as though I could create something on my own if I wanted to. I did fine in the class and did well on the AP test, but it left a bad taste for CS in my mouth and I haven't touched it since (aside from a very basic C++/Matlab class). I just graduated from college with a BS in Sociology -- and I got an 800 on the math section of the SAT. I seriously regret that I lost interest in CS -- I think it is something I would be good at.
I reformat my PC once a year on the off chance there is something going on I'm not aware of... and it never takes me more than an hour and a half to do so.
That may be true, but they still mark their CPU's down 10-20%, so I always by mine there.
For the i5 2500k: Newegg: $220 Microcenter: $180
Of course they do this to get you in the door and sell you other stuff, but I've never had a problem with sales people being pushy or not letting me leave. (My experience is at the Boston/Cambridge location)
The problem is that even if you're tech team is the most savvy in the world, you've still left yourself wide open to attack via social hacking. In terms of security, humans are and will always be the weakest link in a computer network.
Good luck keeping the CFO from being phished.
You can legislate only to a certain degree. That is, make companies responsible for the security of the information related to their CLIENTS. I personally don't care if a company loses their trade secrets to hackers, but I do care if they lose my personal information, credit card numbers, etc.
Economic espionage is an excellent excuse for implementing centralized control of the internet.
And as long as corporations are not controlled by the government, their security is their responsibility. Let them handle it.
I believe there was a story within the past year where a team of researchers found that they could determine with ~85% (if I recall) accuracy the sexual orientation of a facebook member simply by analyzing who they are friends with.
You don't have to declare yourself to come out -- someone else can do it for you. People who don't want to announce their sexuality (for whatever reason) are exposed every day -- not in the way stated above, maybe, but it certainly happens.
This sounds like a great way to get the shit beaten out of you (unless it's one of your "friends" who stole the bike).
This is a really old joke. It was very funny to me at first, but in reality by making that false 911 call you're buying yourself a free ticket to be arrested and jailed for the night. And for good reason.
(The only reason I brought this up is this joke supposedly originates from a Newspaper clipping, and the above statement makes that very unlikely to be true)
It's a sandbox game with linear progression and no time constraints.... it's not a genre for everyone.
If it is, it isn't very funny.
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It's things like this that cause already frustrated
That being said, I don't think anyone every really leaves