I seriously doubt that. The American people will not rebel no matter what happens becaue the government is 'keeping them safe' from those that 'would do them harm'.
Hey, laptops in schools hasn't helped here in the U.S. The school systems are still cranking out major league dumbasses. It's the 'want' to learn, not the tool used. You can give the average Joe the finest brush in the world, but don't expect him to create even a mediocre painting with it.
Yes, I know that points 1 to 3 above aren't correct, but that's just the impression that is given out.
You can't do anything to improve conditions untill the governments, and whatever priesthood (generic term), that is in power wants those better changes. It's corruption that keeps the citizens in poor conditions, not the lack of available laptops. So now they will still have poor conditions, but now they'll have a laptop to play with... perhaps even to sell in order to afford food or rent for that month. Having a few cheap laptops around isn't going to fix the irrigation system you mention. That problem came about mainly because the people that set it up didn't leave documents or instructions on how it operates. Someone shows up, installs something beneficial, then leaves without proper instruction. Laptops will show up, nobody will have proper instruction, and in a few weeks it's being used as a doorstop or something to set a hot kettle on.
Cheap laptops don't address the issue that there are a great number of countries in Africa, for instance, where superstion runs rampant. The connection there is that superstition is a sign of blatant ignorance, and there's no way to fix ignorance (you can't really fix stupidity either). The laptops will just be turned into plastic bricks.
Charging someone like Google, or any other company for that matter, will start a flurry of billing. Charge Google? Sure! Then Google charges back for the services the ISP subscribers use. In the end it'll still be a net wash as far as profit goes, and just a lot of wasted energy and money chasing it all down.
--------------------- How can the myriad of users police and enforce the GPL when most of them do not understand it. Like in this case, I don't see any infraction and I suspect the claim of a GPL violation was made by someone who believes binary drivers are morally wrong and this was the only way they could think of to force their view on those who might do it. ---------------------
I was thinking along the same lines. I suspect this is because of the fanatical rantings of some pinch-face GPL church lady.
In the United States, the citizenry have been boondoggled into believing they must prove their innocence, not that the authorities must prove the accused is guilty.
Be where the babes are, and don't have 'high expectations', just relistic expectations. That checkout girl might be interested, the chick handing you your sack of burgers might be interested. Hey, did that women you passed on the sidewalk just check you out?
I'm married now, so it doesn't matter to me. But, if I'd just have 'woken up' sooner I'da screwed my way from 18 to 40 with a wide swath of women.
But, seriosly, remember that girl that smiled at you today (yes, it happens every day)... you could have your face between here tits, shakin yer head, making "bbbbbbbbbbb" noises in less than a week if you recognized her smiling at ya. If not, well you need to get out of the basement.
It was kind of strange. I instructed Windows Defender to remove it, and now I don't get the alert when I go to the page. I'm kind of thinking that it's a local issue that something on the site triggered. I just tried it with a 2nd machine that does an active scan on everything coming over tcp/ip, and there was no alert so I'm thinking it's more of a local issue with the users computer, and not an issue with your web site. Looks clean to me either way.
It also works for small businesses. Sometimes you get called in to basically do nothing more than wave a dead chicken around and mumble a few words. Being the 'technology security blanket' can be profitable.
"Of course crunches are hell, but to say "work is not fun," or it's just to pay the bills, just means you lack the passion to work in the games industry, and you have no understanding of the drive and passion of the talent that does work there."
Passion is for crybabies and sissies in relation to work. You go to work, you get the job done, you leave... rinse, and repeat. Your 'passion' should be used for YOUR LIFE. Unless you just like being reamed in the ass after you've given your 'job' all your passion. Companies these days will just treat you as much like the dirty prison whore you want to be.
The whole 'passion' bullshit is trying to put the work as an art. They have you brainwashed so that you give them all they want, and they'll just ride you hard and hang you up wet. It's the starving artist ideal applied to work. Artists are poor, wretched creatures that eek out a living, and never see a return on their 'investment' unless they start treating it as a business... or they die... whichever comes first.
The 'article' just talks around the quality of life issue. Nobody on that 'panel' has the guts to define a baseline 'quality of life'. Nothing like "Hey, nobody should be required to work unpaid overtime. Everyone needs to get the hell out of the office at five or six, go home, bang the wife (girlfriend, boyfriend, squeeze one off), unwind, relax, etc... If your in the office after hours because you want to be there then you don't have a life, much less a quality life, and we'll hand ya a roll of tens, take you to the nearest strip joint, and introduce you to tits and ass."
Work is not 'fun', it's not for 'play', it's certainly not a 'life'. It pays the bills, that's what it's for.
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That's why you should always use the term Web 2.1, instead of Web 2.0. 2.1 is inherently superior to 2.0.
Proof that if enough monkeys type on enough keyboards... nevermind... they still have work to do.
I seriously doubt that. The American people will not rebel no matter what happens becaue the government is 'keeping them safe' from those that 'would do them harm'.
A nation of SUV driving sheeple.
Fuck Bungie, and fuck Microsoft.
The Bungie CEO and Bill Gates can jack each other off all they want. I'm not upgrading, they can both kiss my ass.
Hey, laptops in schools hasn't helped here in the U.S. The school systems are still cranking out major league dumbasses. It's the 'want' to learn, not the tool used. You can give the average Joe the finest brush in the world, but don't expect him to create even a mediocre painting with it.
Yes, I know that points 1 to 3 above aren't correct, but that's just the impression that is given out.
You can't do anything to improve conditions untill the governments, and whatever priesthood (generic term), that is in power wants those better changes. It's corruption that keeps the citizens in poor conditions, not the lack of available laptops. So now they will still have poor conditions, but now they'll have a laptop to play with... perhaps even to sell in order to afford food or rent for that month. Having a few cheap laptops around isn't going to fix the irrigation system you mention. That problem came about mainly because the people that set it up didn't leave documents or instructions on how it operates. Someone shows up, installs something beneficial, then leaves without proper instruction. Laptops will show up, nobody will have proper instruction, and in a few weeks it's being used as a doorstop or something to set a hot kettle on.
Cheap laptops don't address the issue that there are a great number of countries in Africa, for instance, where superstion runs rampant. The connection there is that superstition is a sign of blatant ignorance, and there's no way to fix ignorance (you can't really fix stupidity either). The laptops will just be turned into plastic bricks.
Family starving? Get a laptop!
Need a job? Get a laptop!
No running water? Crapping in a ditch? Get a laptop!
yeah, this will help those people out.
Charging someone like Google, or any other company for that matter, will start a flurry of billing. Charge Google? Sure! Then Google charges back for the services the ISP subscribers use. In the end it'll still be a net wash as far as profit goes, and just a lot of wasted energy and money chasing it all down.
I don't think Linux is suppose to be easy to install.
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How can the myriad of users police and enforce the GPL when most of them do not understand it. Like in this case, I don't see any infraction and I suspect the claim of a GPL violation was made by someone who believes binary drivers are morally wrong and this was the only way they could think of to force their view on those who might do it.
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I was thinking along the same lines. I suspect this is because of the fanatical rantings of some pinch-face GPL church lady.
And here someone tried to tell me that the GPL wasn't viral.
In the United States, the citizenry have been boondoggled into believing they must prove their innocence, not that the authorities must prove the accused is guilty.
Be where the babes are, and don't have 'high expectations', just relistic expectations. That checkout girl might be interested, the chick handing you your sack of burgers might be interested. Hey, did that women you passed on the sidewalk just check you out?
I'm married now, so it doesn't matter to me. But, if I'd just have 'woken up' sooner I'da screwed my way from 18 to 40 with a wide swath of women.
But, seriosly, remember that girl that smiled at you today (yes, it happens every day)... you could have your face between here tits, shakin yer head, making "bbbbbbbbbbb" noises in less than a week if you recognized her smiling at ya. If not, well you need to get out of the basement.
LOL, ok Exidor.
Bah, there are always options. You just fail to recognize them for what they are.
I found his post to be almost believable up untill the part about the girlfriend. This Slashdot, after all.
It was kind of strange. I instructed Windows Defender to remove it, and now I don't get the alert when I go to the page. I'm kind of thinking that it's a local issue that something on the site triggered. I just tried it with a 2nd machine that does an active scan on everything coming over tcp/ip, and there was no alert so I'm thinking it's more of a local issue with the users computer, and not an issue with your web site. Looks clean to me either way.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory /912840.mspx
The microsoft windows defender reported the win32/wmfap 'trojan'. Looks like it detects any sort of WMF as such.
It also works for small businesses. Sometimes you get called in to basically do nothing more than wave a dead chicken around and mumble a few words. Being the 'technology security blanket' can be profitable.
The Democrats won't do anything. They have a large contingent of millionairs that make their money on the backs of the working people.
"Of course crunches are hell, but to say "work is not fun," or it's just to pay the bills, just means you lack the passion to work in the games industry, and you have no understanding of the drive and passion of the talent that does work there."
Passion is for crybabies and sissies in relation to work. You go to work, you get the job done, you leave... rinse, and repeat. Your 'passion' should be used for YOUR LIFE. Unless you just like being reamed in the ass after you've given your 'job' all your passion. Companies these days will just treat you as much like the dirty prison whore you want to be.
The whole 'passion' bullshit is trying to put the work as an art. They have you brainwashed so that you give them all they want, and they'll just ride you hard and hang you up wet. It's the starving artist ideal applied to work. Artists are poor, wretched creatures that eek out a living, and never see a return on their 'investment' unless they start treating it as a business... or they die... whichever comes first.
Hey, if the company wanted you to have kids it would contract that out to the lowest bidder. Get back to work slacker!
The 'article' just talks around the quality of life issue. Nobody on that 'panel' has the guts to define a baseline 'quality of life'. Nothing like "Hey, nobody should be required to work unpaid overtime. Everyone needs to get the hell out of the office at five or six, go home, bang the wife (girlfriend, boyfriend, squeeze one off), unwind, relax, etc... If your in the office after hours because you want to be there then you don't have a life, much less a quality life, and we'll hand ya a roll of tens, take you to the nearest strip joint, and introduce you to tits and ass."
Work is not 'fun', it's not for 'play', it's certainly not a 'life'. It pays the bills, that's what it's for.
Anything can happen. I plan for the worst.