What I need to keep can fit on a decent sized USB stick or Micro SD card. For added redundancy, I can keep a copy of the most important items online, on another PC in my house, or in someone else's house.
The vast majority of files on my computer can be replaced, should the worst happen.
> Teens frequently rationalize exceptions for whatever they are doing.
Almost everyone does this.
Even if the rules are ones which they believe in, they can always rationalize an exception that means they have not in fact betrayed their principles when they do whatever the hell they want to.
Not just teens.
You're right, Linux isn't missing anything. In fact, Windows is missing tons - namely the massive repository for free software
You're really not looking hard enough if you believe that. There's a vast wealth of software available at no cost on Windows. Perhaps not all of it would be counted as 'free software' by RMS or the DFSG, but it doesn't cost money. Some of it is even the same software typically used on Linux systems, available as a port.
Other than my games, and my OS, I'm struggling to think of any software on this computer I actually paid money for. It's pretty fully loaded with useful and/or fun applications.
I'm skeptical. Just where exactly can I spend a bitcoin, and if I do so today, will in fact be worth five US Dollars? Can I spend a few bitcoins to buy myself lunch? Can I spend bitcoins to fill up my car? Can I buy a movie or a videogame with them?
They are not all that uncommon. The typical use case is to slap a naughty teenager on the wrist. They can and have been used to forbid behaviour which is not in itself illegal, by a single individual.
It can be a bit more than that with RSA, if a sufficiently large key is used. In fact, all the computers in all the world working together couldn't crack the strongest encryption in use today within years. Many of them.
I hope you asked for user permission, since phoning home without the knowledge of the user is nefarious in and of itself. In fact, in a decent world it should be illegal.
Google didn't do that. The people who did that are the ones who created links to the website in question. Google's default behaviour has not been changed in any way in the case to which you refer.
It does seem to be the case that some of those links were created with the intention of gaming the pagerank system, but I fail to see how Google took any direct action in that case.
I'm not entirely uncriticalof Google, you understand. Although I use their websearch, and their mobile phone OS, I don't use their mail product, and it will be a cold day in hell before I use their browser product, but I also don't blame them for things they didn't do.
I don't check Facebook unless someone reminds me to, but you may be assured that I'll unlike all the commercial pages I've ever chosen to like when next I visit.
I actually read a pretty decent sci-fi book based on this premise. The idea of copying and reproducing a body to teleport it. It had some interesting things to say on the subject.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_Moon
The point of copying and reproducing was explicitly so that one of the two copies might now be expendable.
Sounds a lot like an ISP I dropped a few years back. Of course I want you to do things my way - I'm paying you some money every month. Along with an internet connetion, that's what I'm paying for. The company I get internet from now are always happy to listen to what I have to say and respond accordingly. They don't have scripts. At all.
There is another examples too. Peter Cushing was famous prior to his appearance in Star Wars. I'm not sure if there were any others, but as a blanket statement it isn't true to say that Star Wars lacked star names.
I do believe I said that I'm not here to excuse Mr. Christoforo. I did say that this was a case of 'bad' and 'worse'. For the sake of clarity, I would see Mr. Christoforo as 'worse' for the exact reasons you specifed.
I won't even pretend to have sympathy for Mr. Christoforo. I just don't believe this story should be represented as Mr. White-Hat vs Mr. Black-Hat. I took my first read of the story and saw one black hat and one mid-grey.
According to the Trinitarian belief of mainstream Chistianity, there's not a whole lot of difference between 'son of God' and 'God' other than 'roles and tasks assigned.
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You've never known religious people who are quite comfortable with lying to advance their agenda? I wish I had been so lucky.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal's_wager It has indeed been said. I don't find it compelling though.
Still space.
We don't have any colonies on other planets.
We can't get a manned spacecraft to anywhere much beyond the moon.
There are no man-made objects outside the solar system.
Funding is cut back, people don't see to see the point anymore.
Space is still unattainable.
What I need to keep can fit on a decent sized USB stick or Micro SD card. For added redundancy, I can keep a copy of the most important items online, on another PC in my house, or in someone else's house. The vast majority of files on my computer can be replaced, should the worst happen.
> Teens frequently rationalize exceptions for whatever they are doing. Almost everyone does this. Even if the rules are ones which they believe in, they can always rationalize an exception that means they have not in fact betrayed their principles when they do whatever the hell they want to. Not just teens.
You do realize that having 'North' on a map correspond to 'up' is purely a convention with no actual navigational value?
You're right, Linux isn't missing anything. In fact, Windows is missing tons - namely the massive repository for free software
You're really not looking hard enough if you believe that. There's a vast wealth of software available at no cost on Windows. Perhaps not all of it would be counted as 'free software' by RMS or the DFSG, but it doesn't cost money. Some of it is even the same software typically used on Linux systems, available as a port.
Other than my games, and my OS, I'm struggling to think of any software on this computer I actually paid money for. It's pretty fully loaded with useful and/or fun applications.
I'm skeptical. Just where exactly can I spend a bitcoin, and if I do so today, will in fact be worth five US Dollars? Can I spend a few bitcoins to buy myself lunch? Can I spend bitcoins to fill up my car? Can I buy a movie or a videogame with them?
They are not all that uncommon. The typical use case is to slap a naughty teenager on the wrist. They can and have been used to forbid behaviour which is not in itself illegal, by a single individual.
Sounds like you did follow best practices in that regard. Even one so concerned as I with perceived infringements of privacy can find no fault.
It can be a bit more than that with RSA, if a sufficiently large key is used. In fact, all the computers in all the world working together couldn't crack the strongest encryption in use today within years. Many of them.
I hope you asked for user permission, since phoning home without the knowledge of the user is nefarious in and of itself. In fact, in a decent world it should be illegal.
Google didn't do that. The people who did that are the ones who created links to the website in question. Google's default behaviour has not been changed in any way in the case to which you refer. It does seem to be the case that some of those links were created with the intention of gaming the pagerank system, but I fail to see how Google took any direct action in that case. I'm not entirely uncriticalof Google, you understand. Although I use their websearch, and their mobile phone OS, I don't use their mail product, and it will be a cold day in hell before I use their browser product, but I also don't blame them for things they didn't do.
I don't check Facebook unless someone reminds me to, but you may be assured that I'll unlike all the commercial pages I've ever chosen to like when next I visit.
Bugfix: Don't use Chrome. I find this solution eminently satisfactory.
I actually read a pretty decent sci-fi book based on this premise. The idea of copying and reproducing a body to teleport it. It had some interesting things to say on the subject. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_Moon The point of copying and reproducing was explicitly so that one of the two copies might now be expendable.
What exactly do you suggest can't be measured? I don't follow at all.
Makes sense to me too. Just means you can't switch whenever you feel like it.
Customers will still be locked into a miminum of a 12 month contract if they are getting a handset at a subsidized price.
Sounds a lot like an ISP I dropped a few years back. Of course I want you to do things my way - I'm paying you some money every month. Along with an internet connetion, that's what I'm paying for. The company I get internet from now are always happy to listen to what I have to say and respond accordingly. They don't have scripts. At all.
There is another examples too. Peter Cushing was famous prior to his appearance in Star Wars. I'm not sure if there were any others, but as a blanket statement it isn't true to say that Star Wars lacked star names.
Yes. That's why I labelled it 'the Christian belief' - I was offering an alternate perspective, nothing more. :)
I do believe I said that I'm not here to excuse Mr. Christoforo. I did say that this was a case of 'bad' and 'worse'. For the sake of clarity, I would see Mr. Christoforo as 'worse' for the exact reasons you specifed.
I won't even pretend to have sympathy for Mr. Christoforo. I just don't believe this story should be represented as Mr. White-Hat vs Mr. Black-Hat. I took my first read of the story and saw one black hat and one mid-grey.
According to the Trinitarian belief of mainstream Chistianity, there's not a whole lot of difference between 'son of God' and 'God' other than 'roles and tasks assigned.