"If you have nothing to hide, then why complain?" - That's what they said when I told them I refused to open my car for the police. They'll probably say the same when I say the police should not be recording our websurfing.
"The category of Filter Avoidance has been blocked by your System Administrator." Question: How does Tor work? I installed it one time & it just sat there with no hosts to talk to. After a couple days I uninstalled it, since it seemed pointless.
What's an aimbot? It that anything like the Grandia(?) RPGs that have self-plaiyng characters? I have to say that saved me a LOT of time wasted leveling-up. I could read a book instead.
If I was a Blizzard or Rockstar player, and they suddenly banned me because of "cheating", even though I never did cheat (or even know how to do it) I'd be pissed. I'd probably start stealing their games. (Since there is no legal recourse against corporations.)
>>>With 7, everyone complained it was just a service pack for Vista, because there wasn't a big huge interface change.
That's because Seven is what Vista SHOULD have been, if they had not rushed it to market.
>>>Vista came around, and everyone railed against Aero for being a pointless resource hog, adding eye candy without functionality
When your brand-new 1/2 gigabyte computer freezes-up for 2-3 minutes because of ahrd drive thrashing, that means Vista is a braindead resource hog. (Funny how XP and OS 10.5 and Ubuntu operated in the same space w/o problem... even Seven works okay. Vista was junk.)
Now come on. You can get a perfectly good Mac for only $600. Yes that's a sedate 2.3 gigahertz and only 2 gig of RAM but it's a MAC man. It will look very sexy to the ladies that never visit. (Of course when OS 10.8 arrives, it will require 4GB and 3 GHz, so expect to spend a pretty penny on upgrades.)
Where IS the windows start button? How am I supposed to start new programs? It's like using a damn Mac, trying to dig through a multitude of shit.... I mean windows... trying to find program #482 out of 1000.
..... especially since I won't be using Eight.;-) I need to get off my duff and go buy a spare Win7 machine while they're still available. BTW will this be Windows NT 6.2? Or are they incrementing to 7.0 for Eight?
Insightful. As for the last sentence, the key is to collect lots of PAID overtime. Your job is to make the "20 year" manager look good by meeting deadlines; but that doesn't mean you should be taken advantage of.
If they refuse to pay overtime, then just work 42-43 hours and go home. Miss a couple deadlines. When the manager complains say, "I need to work overtime to meet schedule. But I expect to be paid, as required by law." If they still refuse to pay, and insist you MUST come-in on Saturday to work for free (like my last job), do so, but watch hulu instead. Nobody can force you to work without pay.
That's because IT is boring. Sitting in an office not talking to anyone is not most people's view of an ideal job. (Though it does offer the opportunity to consume lots of audiobooks.:-) Also talk and music radio.)
>>>At the tim of the 4 colour PCs the Mac was just a dream, and when the Mac did arive it was monochome with no hard-drive. >>> Indeed. Good thing we had 16-color Apple IIs, music-capable C64s, or 128-color Atari 800s to buy instead of bassbackwards PCs. And later (in 1985) the multimedia, preemptive-tasking, video-capable Amiga. We were not forced to buy shitty IBM PCs or monochrome Macs.
So were the junky 4-color IBM PCs that went "beep" instead of producing real music. And the godawful Windows 3.1 of the 90s. Mainstream press opinions mean little to me (especially since they are often bribed to give glowing reviews).
>>> my choice of software is none of their fucking business
Actually it is, since they have to write special code to support your shitty IE6 or 7 browser. Of course I don't think a tax is the right solution. It would be better to just serve the standards-compliant webpage, and if your particular browser does not work properly, then too fucking bad. Learn to upgrade.
>>>Mob rule is disastrous, because it is always possible, with four wolves and a sheep, to know the outcome of a vote on what's for dinner.
MAYBE YOU SHOULD TRY READING THE ANSWERS BEFORE RESPONDING. The guy said (several times) he would not just blindly follow pure democratic polling if it violated the Constitution, or his personal morals, or basic human rights.
But he didn't commit any crimes in the UK, so there's no grounds for extradition. The U.S. has to get him into Sweden first before they can try to get ahold of him. (Or so the story goes.)
BTW it's ridiculous to claim "rape" just because a guy didn't wear a condom. The two ladies *consented* to have bare sex... nobody forced them to.
(MY GOD this is an ad-heavy site. Every page pops-up a sale pitch. Also it's making IE9 act wonky.)
NoteTab Pro - Because unlike MS Word, he can use bright yellow text against a dark blue background
Gmail - the mail display density could be set to âoecomfortableâ, which spaces each item further apart within ruled lines with High Contrast Scheme for radioactive green text on a black background
IE9 - Because it has a touch interface. "It isnâ(TM)t that Chrome doesnâ(TM)t support touch, but itâ(TM)s slower to respond and not everything seems to work â" with IE9, it just does." (I wonder if some other browser might have better touch support, like Opera? Or Firefox?)
"I wear a pirate-style eye patch for reading, writing and watching TV, to prevent the ghosting and distortion of the right eye being processed into what I see with both eyes. Iâ(TM)m constantly exploring what applications and hardware can do to make my life easier. And Iâ(TM)m far from alone in having a touch of the Mr Magoo about me, so maybe itâ(TM)s about time that developers started taking the problem a little more seriously?"
>>>Not only did it claim it would speed up my internet connection, but that it would overclock my power supply, speed up my gigabits, and remove any viruses from my computer! "
Just fill-up you tank with some corn syrup (glucose) and go. When the fluid is depleted of energy, dump it into a sewer and then get some fresh corn syrup.
Your story reminds me of a BBC show..... a sci-fi future where people ride bikes, play games, and are forced to watch ads in their bedrooms (unless they pay to get rid of them). Day after miserable day.
>>>I am also somewhat skeptical at the suggestion that the "typical" (whether that is mean, median, or mode) cable-connected home has 3-4 cable-connected TVs. >>> Maybe I come from a weird family? I had 2 cable-connected TVs in my tiny apartment (until I switched to antennaTV).
My parents have 4 (kitchen, living room, garage, basement) and my brother's family has 5 (living room, kitchen, bedroom, kids bedroom, basement). Is that abnormal? How many do most families have?
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"If you have nothing to hide, then why complain?" - That's what they said when I told them I refused to open my car for the police. They'll probably say the same when I say the police should not be recording our websurfing.
"The category of Filter Avoidance has been blocked by your System Administrator."
Question: How does Tor work? I installed it one time & it just sat there with no hosts to talk to. After a couple days I uninstalled it, since it seemed pointless.
What's an aimbot? It that anything like the Grandia(?) RPGs that have self-plaiyng characters? I have to say that saved me a LOT of time wasted leveling-up. I could read a book instead.
If I was a Blizzard or Rockstar player, and they suddenly banned me because of "cheating", even though I never did cheat (or even know how to do it) I'd be pissed. I'd probably start stealing their games. (Since there is no legal recourse against corporations.)
You are comparing different softwares (The old DOS windows versus newer NT windows.)
NT 3.1 Bad
NT 4 Good
NT 5 (2000) Good
NT 5.1 (XP) Good
NT 6/Vista Bad
NT 6.1 (7) Good
NT 6.2 (8) bad
I can't help noticing Windows NT was mostly good until that new guy Ballmer took over as CEO.
>>>With 7, everyone complained it was just a service pack for Vista, because there wasn't a big huge interface change.
That's because Seven is what Vista SHOULD have been, if they had not rushed it to market.
>>>Vista came around, and everyone railed against Aero for being a pointless resource hog, adding eye candy without functionality
When your brand-new 1/2 gigabyte computer freezes-up for 2-3 minutes because of ahrd drive thrashing, that means Vista is a braindead resource hog. (Funny how XP and OS 10.5 and Ubuntu operated in the same space w/o problem... even Seven works okay. Vista was junk.)
LXDE (lubuntu) for the win.
This is what a 16 color OS looks like. Not too terribly exciting is it? Hey wait. It looks like a lo-res version of Eight!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/15/Windows_3.0_workspace.png
Now come on. You can get a perfectly good Mac for only $600. Yes that's a sedate 2.3 gigahertz and only 2 gig of RAM but it's a MAC man. It will look very sexy to the ladies that never visit. (Of course when OS 10.8 arrives, it will require 4GB and 3 GHz, so expect to spend a pretty penny on upgrades.)
Where IS the windows start button? How am I supposed to start new programs? It's like using a damn Mac, trying to dig through a multitude of shit.... I mean windows... trying to find program #482 out of 1000.
..... especially since I won't be using Eight. ;-)
I need to get off my duff and go buy a spare Win7 machine while they're still available. BTW will this be Windows NT 6.2? Or are they incrementing to 7.0 for Eight?
Why?
It's like a step backwards to an old 80s OS where everything consisted of solid bars with no shading or variation.
Insightful.
As for the last sentence, the key is to collect lots of PAID overtime. Your job is to make the "20 year" manager look good by meeting deadlines; but that doesn't mean you should be taken advantage of.
If they refuse to pay overtime, then just work 42-43 hours and go home. Miss a couple deadlines. When the manager complains say, "I need to work overtime to meet schedule. But I expect to be paid, as required by law." If they still refuse to pay, and insist you MUST come-in on Saturday to work for free (like my last job), do so, but watch hulu instead. Nobody can force you to work without pay.
That's because IT is boring. Sitting in an office not talking to anyone is not most people's view of an ideal job. (Though it does offer the opportunity to consume lots of audiobooks. :-) Also talk and music radio.)
>>>At the tim of the 4 colour PCs the Mac was just a dream, and when the Mac did arive it was monochome with no hard-drive.
>>>
Indeed. Good thing we had 16-color Apple IIs, music-capable C64s, or 128-color Atari 800s to buy instead of bassbackwards PCs. And later (in 1985) the multimedia, preemptive-tasking, video-capable Amiga. We were not forced to buy shitty IBM PCs or monochrome Macs.
So were the junky 4-color IBM PCs that went "beep" instead of producing real music. And the godawful Windows 3.1 of the 90s. Mainstream press opinions mean little to me (especially since they are often bribed to give glowing reviews).
>>> my choice of software is none of their fucking business
Actually it is, since they have to write special code to support your shitty IE6 or 7 browser. Of course I don't think a tax is the right solution. It would be better to just serve the standards-compliant webpage, and if your particular browser does not work properly, then too fucking bad. Learn to upgrade.
>>>Mob rule is disastrous, because it is always possible, with four wolves and a sheep, to know the outcome of a vote on what's for dinner.
MAYBE YOU SHOULD TRY READING THE ANSWERS BEFORE RESPONDING. The guy said (several times) he would not just blindly follow pure democratic polling if it violated the Constitution, or his personal morals, or basic human rights.
>>>Would the alleged crime be illegal in the UK? Yes.
No. Sex without a condom is Not illegal in the UK. You need to restart your logic chain.
But he didn't commit any crimes in the UK, so there's no grounds for extradition. The U.S. has to get him into Sweden first before they can try to get ahold of him. (Or so the story goes.)
BTW it's ridiculous to claim "rape" just because a guy didn't wear a condom. The two ladies *consented* to have bare sex... nobody forced them to.
(MY GOD this is an ad-heavy site. Every page pops-up a sale pitch. Also it's making IE9 act wonky.)
NoteTab Pro - Because unlike MS Word, he can use bright yellow text against a dark blue background
Gmail - the mail display density could be set to âoecomfortableâ, which spaces each item further apart within ruled lines with High Contrast Scheme for radioactive green text on a black background
IE9 - Because it has a touch interface. "It isnâ(TM)t that Chrome doesnâ(TM)t support touch, but itâ(TM)s slower to respond and not everything seems to work â" with IE9, it just does." (I wonder if some other browser might have better touch support, like Opera? Or Firefox?)
"I wear a pirate-style eye patch for reading, writing and watching TV, to prevent the ghosting and distortion of the right eye being processed into what I see with both eyes. Iâ(TM)m constantly exploring what applications and hardware can do to make my life easier. And Iâ(TM)m far from alone in having a touch of the Mr Magoo about me, so maybe itâ(TM)s about time that developers started taking the problem a little more seriously?"
>>>Not only did it claim it would speed up my internet connection, but that it would overclock my power supply, speed up my gigabits, and remove any viruses from my computer! "
MyCleanPC can't fix stupid.
Just fill-up you tank with some corn syrup (glucose) and go. When the fluid is depleted of energy, dump it into a sewer and then get some fresh corn syrup.
Your story reminds me of a BBC show..... a sci-fi future where people ride bikes, play games, and are forced to watch ads in their bedrooms (unless they pay to get rid of them). Day after miserable day.
I'm afraid to ask:
- What's a "flesh" light? Some kind of glowing clit ring?
>>>I am also somewhat skeptical at the suggestion that the "typical" (whether that is mean, median, or mode) cable-connected home has 3-4 cable-connected TVs.
>>>
Maybe I come from a weird family? I had 2 cable-connected TVs in my tiny apartment (until I switched to antennaTV).
My parents have 4 (kitchen, living room, garage, basement) and my brother's family has 5 (living room, kitchen, bedroom, kids bedroom, basement). Is that abnormal? How many do most families have?