...if you locked your computer's screen before you walked away from it? You know, like YOU SHOULD ALWAYS DO?
The ones that get me are the encrypted disks that unlock themselves (no user supplied password) on boot-up. Don't people realize that they're taping the key underneath the lock in that sort of configuration?
But then of course Oz is a democracy so if you as a people do not like the current practices you can vote for a different government and have it changed.
Censorship that got a majority vote is still censorship, and I say to hell with it. The fact that China is indeed worse is not an excuse.
Censorship to me is still something primarily political, like in China where books are forbidden because they talk about democracy
"First they came for the games, and I did not speak out because games are not politically important..."
And stuff that doesn't get the right rating can't be sold. That IS censorship, bucko.
as the content in question remains available.
But it doesn't. This isn't like the US's ESRB (with which I have no problem, incidentally). This is a *government* rating system, and stuff the rating board doesn't like gets legally banned.
(Q: Is it a "brain neuron" if it's cultured in vitro?)
Since neurons in the brain have a different structure than those in the nervous system, I think it would be fair to describe neurons with that structure as "brain neurons" even if they had never actually been part of a brain.
It was a right pain, sure enough. Made replacing or repairing the windshield a pain, and turned radio antenna problems into windshield problems (and vice-versa).
People who can't tell the difference have a 50-50 chance of getting it right. Therefore we can deduce that over *two-thirds* of the population can't tell the difference, by adding in the inferred members who couldn't tell, but guessed right.
I didn't clarify the question. The user asked a perfectly clear question. It was just the wrong one--it wasn't what he needed. I clarified what he actually wanted and supplied the *right* question.
It's not about answering the question you want to answer. It's about answering the question the asker really wanted to ask but didn't have the knowledge to do so.
User: "How do I edit my Windows registry?"
Me[knowing how someone who doesn't know what they're doing can wreck a Windows machine that way]: "Why do you want to know?"
User: "I need to get my printer working."
Me: "Oh. You probably just need to get the driver you need installed. Here's how you do that..."
A card's rarity is usually describe as "chase" when you don't get a card of that rarity level in every booster pack. Magic had settled down to a three-rarity level system: in each pack you got 11 commons, 3 uncommons and 1 rare. Since the set would have the same number of distinct cards in each rarity class, there was three times as many of any given uncommon as any given rare, and 11 times as many of any given common as any given rare. (I leave out the complicating factor of "foil" cards, since they made no difference if all you cared about was how the cards played). However, they are now including very powerful cards in a rarity class where you find one only once in every X packs, randomly distributed (I don't know the exact figures). Fortunately, there don't seem to be a large number of different cards in chase category.
Sometimes you'll see chase cards done as a "box topper" where there would be one of that rarity packed loose in each box of boosters. Legend of the Five Rings used to do that, but they stopped a little while back. If you bought boosters by the box (lots of mail order places give you good discounts for doing so), you'd get the box topper with your box. If the box was opened for display and individual pack sale by a retailer, the retailer gets to dispose of the box topper as he sees fit (if he doesn't sell it as a single, he may put it up as a prize for a store tournament).
Ummm... if they have this computer thing then why don't they count the cards too?
Because they can't. House doesn't play like a player does; that's why the house has an edge. House always plays by a set of fixed set of rules, generally hit on 16 or less, stand on 17 or more, no hand splitting, doubling down, or insurance. However, the house doesn't start playing until you decide to stand, or go bust. If you go bust, the house wins without playing.
Besides, I thought Casinos only played half the cards in the deck these days (ever since the MIT card-counting club) to avoid the counters from getting any real edge.
A casino may do this as a defensive measure if they suspect card counting, but they don't like it. It slows down play and cuts into their profits.
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They get to charge $300+ an hour to sit there and explain things to you. Damn straight they're "more than happy" to do it!
...if you locked your computer's screen before you walked away from it? You know, like YOU SHOULD ALWAYS DO?
The ones that get me are the encrypted disks that unlock themselves (no user supplied password) on boot-up. Don't people realize that they're taping the key underneath the lock in that sort of configuration?
Censorship that got a majority vote is still censorship, and I say to hell with it. The fact that China is indeed worse is not an excuse.
"First they came for the games, and I did not speak out because games are not politically important..."
"Australians have access to games that I HAVEN'T APPROVED OF! This is absolutely intolerable!"
And stuff that doesn't get the right rating can't be sold. That IS censorship, bucko.
But it doesn't. This isn't like the US's ESRB (with which I have no problem, incidentally). This is a *government* rating system, and stuff the rating board doesn't like gets legally banned.
Man, I hated her on Star Trek:Voyager.
Must be nice living in the past like that. Of course, NOW, Microsoft has gone and broken all that.
Since neurons in the brain have a different structure than those in the nervous system, I think it would be fair to describe neurons with that structure as "brain neurons" even if they had never actually been part of a brain.
Really? There's only been six iPhones ever (counting iPod Touch), and only four are still available.
And yet, they will encourage it, as people will want cracked versions they can use with private servers.
Alanis, are you paying attention? *This* is the definition of "ironic".
Hopefully, this implementation of it won't peel or bubble.
It was a right pain, sure enough. Made replacing or repairing the windshield a pain, and turned radio antenna problems into windshield problems (and vice-versa).
I don't know about you, but my car radio has its antenna on the *outside* of the car.
I understood his point perfectly, thank you. My reply pointed out how you would need to interpret a result of over 50% guessing "wrong".
And, what with the processing requirements, it'll even stutter!
Gesundheit!
1) You could chalk it up to the inherent randomness--they were just particularly unlucky in guessing. Try again with a larger sample size.
2) Consider the possibility that the "inferior" sample actually wasn't inferior at all in some discernible way.
I'd pay for it if I got to watch you do a blind listening test.
People who can't tell the difference have a 50-50 chance of getting it right. Therefore we can deduce that over *two-thirds* of the population can't tell the difference, by adding in the inferred members who couldn't tell, but guessed right.
Because you can't foreclose on someone's education. Next question.
I didn't clarify the question. The user asked a perfectly clear question. It was just the wrong one--it wasn't what he needed. I clarified what he actually wanted and supplied the *right* question.
It's not about answering the question you want to answer. It's about answering the question the asker really wanted to ask but didn't have the knowledge to do so.
User: "How do I edit my Windows registry?"
Me[knowing how someone who doesn't know what they're doing can wreck a Windows machine that way]: "Why do you want to know?"
User: "I need to get my printer working."
Me: "Oh. You probably just need to get the driver you need installed. Here's how you do that..."
A card's rarity is usually describe as "chase" when you don't get a card of that rarity level in every booster pack. Magic had settled down to a three-rarity level system: in each pack you got 11 commons, 3 uncommons and 1 rare. Since the set would have the same number of distinct cards in each rarity class, there was three times as many of any given uncommon as any given rare, and 11 times as many of any given common as any given rare. (I leave out the complicating factor of "foil" cards, since they made no difference if all you cared about was how the cards played). However, they are now including very powerful cards in a rarity class where you find one only once in every X packs, randomly distributed (I don't know the exact figures). Fortunately, there don't seem to be a large number of different cards in chase category.
Sometimes you'll see chase cards done as a "box topper" where there would be one of that rarity packed loose in each box of boosters. Legend of the Five Rings used to do that, but they stopped a little while back. If you bought boosters by the box (lots of mail order places give you good discounts for doing so), you'd get the box topper with your box. If the box was opened for display and individual pack sale by a retailer, the retailer gets to dispose of the box topper as he sees fit (if he doesn't sell it as a single, he may put it up as a prize for a store tournament).
Hey, that page is a fake! He hard-coded the answer instead of actually checking!
Because they can't. House doesn't play like a player does; that's why the house has an edge. House always plays by a set of fixed set of rules, generally hit on 16 or less, stand on 17 or more, no hand splitting, doubling down, or insurance. However, the house doesn't start playing until you decide to stand, or go bust. If you go bust, the house wins without playing.
A casino may do this as a defensive measure if they suspect card counting, but they don't like it. It slows down play and cuts into their profits.