I was actually wondering the same thing myself. The article links to another discussion where a user's root kit scan caused a 'total freeze' on a samsung netbook, but this seems like something that needs verification before we grab the torches and pitchforks.
Instantly resort to obcenities? The first fucking line of your reply called me a dumbass. I didn't read the rest of your post, as the first couple lines were a pretty good indication of the kind of dumbshit I'm dealing with, and the rest will likely just annoy me and make my day that much worse.
You're replying to a sig? What a fucking loser. I'm also pretty sure you're replying with someone elses sig.
Also, you don't know a fucking thing about me and you failed to really get what the sig is saying. I would gladly pay taxes if I felt that it wasn't going to be used to wage pointless wars (this coming from a military vet) and if I got anything out of the socialist programs they institute. Instead, we get American style welfare, where the successful pay and get nothing and those who don't pay shit get everything. You may now return to your mother's basement you fucking liberal binarian twit. I have never actually read any Rand, but considering how it makes fucking idiots like you froth at the mouth I might start quoting her everywhere, even when it's not relevant. Oh, and since we're being retarded here...
This is such a stupid comparison and I'm tired of hearing it. Illegal immigrants are not 'akin' to the Europeans who migrated to America in nearly any way. Maybe if when they came over they tried to join the Iroquois nation, maybe. But they didn't - they just took what they wanted and killed those who fought back. Not the same thing.
Or, spending is too high relative to the amount of taxation, causing a deficit. But sure, your way makes it sound like we need more taxes and not to be more selective in our public spending. Quite possibly the worst thing about American welfare is that only those who don't pay into it get much benefit from it, which rewards bad decision making (among other things). At least in an actual socialist system everybody gets the same benefit, even if the successful pay a much higher rate for it.
Actually think this was not going to eventually happen? These kinds of devices have been a staple of every sci-fi / dystopian / futuristic setting for as long as I can remember. Sure, they will probably start by placing restrictions on when they can be used. But eventually the device will be advanced enough to be able to biometrically identify a person from a distance effectively 'instantly' (netflix definition of instant here). At that point, just being in the vicinity of one of these devices will basically give your full identity to the person holding it. What protection is a simple 'usage restriction' against that? I get the feeling that the days of being in public and anonymous are coming to an end.
I seriously doubt that to be a direct cause, as you said, but it is interesting. I can speak to at least one occasion where I would have hit a bike but didn't because I heard the obnoxiously loud pipes. That personal experience is what changed my outlook on them, and is hard to quantify in a study. And I doubt that loud pipes automatically means no helmet - the harley riders I know all wear helmets.
Then again, the harley riders I know also refused to even take the bike out on the street until they had logged almost a year of training on controlled courses. Perhaps they are not typical.
Or maybe we're suffering from a population explosion because of global welfare. If we stop artificially sustaining population levels in places without the natural resources to support it, perhaps we wouldn't have so much of a problem, no?
And if anything, wouldn't wars help a population problem? Not saying it's my preferred means of doing so (despite being ex-military, not a fan of non-defensive warfare), but there are 60 million less people on earth because of WWII, and none of them went on to have kids.
Don't own a Harley. Just hate crotch rockets, and I brush up on comments after weekends. Besides, obnoxiously loud bikes are better - cars are more likely to know you're there if your pipes are loud. Less chance of death is good.
You are seriously the only person on the planet advocating Houston over Austin. For one, Houston is East Texas, which is the same thing as Louisiana.
I'm not advocating anything - merely pointing out my observations from my time in Austin. I was interested in moving there once. Then I wasn't. That simple. Your attitude throughout this is underpinning why - the Austinites I met had delusions of cultural grandeur mixed with disdain for everyone else who isn't as 'weird' as you all claim to be or refused to acknowledge the inherent superiority of everything Austin. Sure, it has things that make it interesting, but nothing on the scale that seems to exist in the minds of those who live there.
And if you consider Louisianna the same thing as East Texas, and East Texas the same thing as Houston, you have probably never been to two of those three places for any period of time.
Funny all my friends here in Austin say Houston is a nice place to be FROM...
Your hipster friends?:)
Besides, that smell in Houston? That's the smell of Money.
Lobster? Seriously? Hipsters, yes. They'll grow up some day, but for now, they are far more tolerable than the inner-city crime associated with Houston.
Well, it's a good thing most of the 4.5 million people in the greater Houston area don't live in the 'crime ridden' inner-city areas. Hipsters just annoy me, they don't actually seem to hurt much except productivity. Crime, on the other hand... well, if we weren't once considered a 'sanctuary city', I doubt it would be near as bad.
There 1.5 million residents in Austin and surrounding area and about 50,000 UT students, most of whom are not Chemistry students, so that assessment is not valid either.
Half was meant in an exaggerative manner. All that was meant by that statement was that Austin has a lot of post-grads, a lot of whom do research. I happen to know one. Hence the big bubble.
Might explain why it infuriates me every time I go there. Or it could be going to the grocery store and watching hipsters buy lobster and wine with food stamps. Not sure. I've always considered Austin where people talk about accomplishing things and Houston where they actually do it. Austin is also very heavily represented in Chemistry because half the population is UT students, and UT has a lot of post-grads.
Also, nobody colonizes Texas. Nobody. Except Mexico. But aside from them, nobody.
You do realize that every major carrier (At least Sprint, T-Mobile, ATT, and Verizon) has contract-free plans that actually cost less per month than contract rates?
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I was actually wondering the same thing myself. The article links to another discussion where a user's root kit scan caused a 'total freeze' on a samsung netbook, but this seems like something that needs verification before we grab the torches and pitchforks.
I prefer the nuke-flinging American Robot from Fallout 3.
Instantly resort to obcenities? The first fucking line of your reply called me a dumbass. I didn't read the rest of your post, as the first couple lines were a pretty good indication of the kind of dumbshit I'm dealing with, and the rest will likely just annoy me and make my day that much worse.
Before I go though, one last troll.
Government "help" to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off. Read more: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/ayn_rand.html#ixzz1I6JtufZD
Also, you don't know a fucking thing about me and you failed to really get what the sig is saying. I would gladly pay taxes if I felt that it wasn't going to be used to wage pointless wars (this coming from a military vet) and if I got anything out of the socialist programs they institute. Instead, we get American style welfare, where the successful pay and get nothing and those who don't pay shit get everything. You may now return to your mother's basement you fucking liberal binarian twit. I have never actually read any Rand, but considering how it makes fucking idiots like you froth at the mouth I might start quoting her everywhere, even when it's not relevant. Oh, and since we're being retarded here...
Guaranteed! This comment 100% Intelligence free!
FTFY.
Yeah, like half, or 3.1%, same thing. I thought we were supposed to be bad at math.
No, but preventing me from bombing that bear to take his arms would.
Hmmm. Penis Enlargment. Spread. I can't help but feel there is a joke in there somewhere...
... No?
Well, you just did. Does that count?
At what point did I imply it was acceptable? It is just a stupid comparison.
This is such a stupid comparison and I'm tired of hearing it. Illegal immigrants are not 'akin' to the Europeans who migrated to America in nearly any way. Maybe if when they came over they tried to join the Iroquois nation, maybe. But they didn't - they just took what they wanted and killed those who fought back. Not the same thing.
You may have noticed, but the US is not like a lot of other countries, for better or for worse.
Or, spending is too high relative to the amount of taxation, causing a deficit. But sure, your way makes it sound like we need more taxes and not to be more selective in our public spending. Quite possibly the worst thing about American welfare is that only those who don't pay into it get much benefit from it, which rewards bad decision making (among other things). At least in an actual socialist system everybody gets the same benefit, even if the successful pay a much higher rate for it.
Actually think this was not going to eventually happen? These kinds of devices have been a staple of every sci-fi / dystopian / futuristic setting for as long as I can remember. Sure, they will probably start by placing restrictions on when they can be used. But eventually the device will be advanced enough to be able to biometrically identify a person from a distance effectively 'instantly' (netflix definition of instant here). At that point, just being in the vicinity of one of these devices will basically give your full identity to the person holding it. What protection is a simple 'usage restriction' against that? I get the feeling that the days of being in public and anonymous are coming to an end.
I seriously doubt that to be a direct cause, as you said, but it is interesting. I can speak to at least one occasion where I would have hit a bike but didn't because I heard the obnoxiously loud pipes. That personal experience is what changed my outlook on them, and is hard to quantify in a study. And I doubt that loud pipes automatically means no helmet - the harley riders I know all wear helmets.
Then again, the harley riders I know also refused to even take the bike out on the street until they had logged almost a year of training on controlled courses. Perhaps they are not typical.
What if you end your sentence with Candlejack?
Some (if not much) cynicism is warranted.
Not at the cost of objectivity, IMHO.
This tone of this article summary versus the tone of the summary when IE9 was released.
Mention of new features? Reviews? None of that. Apparently unnecessary - only congratulations are in order.
Or maybe we're suffering from a population explosion because of global welfare. If we stop artificially sustaining population levels in places without the natural resources to support it, perhaps we wouldn't have so much of a problem, no?
And if anything, wouldn't wars help a population problem? Not saying it's my preferred means of doing so (despite being ex-military, not a fan of non-defensive warfare), but there are 60 million less people on earth because of WWII, and none of them went on to have kids.
Don't own a Harley. Just hate crotch rockets, and I brush up on comments after weekends. Besides, obnoxiously loud bikes are better - cars are more likely to know you're there if your pipes are loud. Less chance of death is good.
You are seriously the only person on the planet advocating Houston over Austin. For one, Houston is East Texas, which is the same thing as Louisiana.
I'm not advocating anything - merely pointing out my observations from my time in Austin. I was interested in moving there once. Then I wasn't. That simple. Your attitude throughout this is underpinning why - the Austinites I met had delusions of cultural grandeur mixed with disdain for everyone else who isn't as 'weird' as you all claim to be or refused to acknowledge the inherent superiority of everything Austin. Sure, it has things that make it interesting, but nothing on the scale that seems to exist in the minds of those who live there.
And if you consider Louisianna the same thing as East Texas, and East Texas the same thing as Houston, you have probably never been to two of those three places for any period of time.
Funny all my friends here in Austin say Houston is a nice place to be FROM...
Your hipster friends? :)
Besides, that smell in Houston? That's the smell of Money.
Lobster? Seriously? Hipsters, yes. They'll grow up some day, but for now, they are far more tolerable than the inner-city crime associated with Houston.
Well, it's a good thing most of the 4.5 million people in the greater Houston area don't live in the 'crime ridden' inner-city areas. Hipsters just annoy me, they don't actually seem to hurt much except productivity. Crime, on the other hand... well, if we weren't once considered a 'sanctuary city', I doubt it would be near as bad.
There 1.5 million residents in Austin and surrounding area and about 50,000 UT students, most of whom are not Chemistry students, so that assessment is not valid either.
Half was meant in an exaggerative manner. All that was meant by that statement was that Austin has a lot of post-grads, a lot of whom do research. I happen to know one. Hence the big bubble.
Right, keep telling yourself that you bought that crotch-rocket for the 'reliability'.
Might explain why it infuriates me every time I go there. Or it could be going to the grocery store and watching hipsters buy lobster and wine with food stamps. Not sure. I've always considered Austin where people talk about accomplishing things and Houston where they actually do it. Austin is also very heavily represented in Chemistry because half the population is UT students, and UT has a lot of post-grads.
Also, nobody colonizes Texas. Nobody. Except Mexico. But aside from them, nobody.
You do realize that every major carrier (At least Sprint, T-Mobile, ATT, and Verizon) has contract-free plans that actually cost less per month than contract rates?