Until about 10 years ago I remember hearing all broadcasts of Armstrong's quote with a definite crackling "a" before the word "man". Then the crackling "a" disappeared. It seems to me someone decided the audio sounded better without the crackling sound, edited it out, and threw away the original. Thus history was changed. It's disturbing.
I'd describe it as average, or expected rather than disturbing. This isn't 1950 anymore.
I have to ask: Is anyone getting even close to these advertised transfer rates in real world scenarios? I haven't seen more than low single digit MB/s over wireless LAN, even under line of sight conditions with hardly any interference.
Same problem here. At 25 feet, 100mbit wired trumps 802.11n significantly for streaming video. It's good for cellphones, laptops, and other toys but for moving anything other than tiny amounts of data it's insufficient for me. Of course, I've got everything running gigabit wired now, so this really won't even be slightly interesting to me until the "second wave". By that time 10GB wired or better will probably be running through my attic... so we'll see.
He's not a billionaire any more than Zuckerman is. Only after he actually sells will he be one.
Value is value. US dollars is simply one way of storing it. It just so happens that because you use dollars as your "reference" value that you think it has to be converted to those dollars to truly "count." If you were British you wouldn't think it really counted until it was in Pounds. If you lived New Vegas you wouldn't think it counted until it was in bottle caps.
You might say that value is simply based on what they decided, and that could change at any time. But that's true for every form of value storage, including dollars. It's just that when your reference storage medium changes value it's not as obvious, because you still have the same number of it.
You can't buy a quater pounder with a "share" of stock.
What about the sex offenders whose crimes had *nothing to do* with children? What if they took a piss behind a bush and a 70 year old lady happened to see them and reported it? It's not a "touched little kids" list, it's a "any act that uses any part of the part of the body conceivably used for sex" list.
What you're doing is the same as lumping everyone who has ever had a speeding ticket or parking violation in with DWI offenders and then saying that *none of them* are allowed to go to bars just because a small subset of the group has done something bad related to alcohol.
Well, the guy DID have a penis with him when he got drunk a the bar...
One of the most worrying things to many of us foreigners, though, is the culture that thinks they need a gun to defend against the tyrannical government. Which tyrannical government is that, then? I know that's the reason the Second Amendment was instituted in the first place, but I'm fairly sure the framers of the constitution never envisioned modern weaponry when they did it. The main argument they seem to offer is they need a gun to defend themselves from the government when they come to take their guns away. Like circular logic much?
You don't need a gun to defend yourselves BECAUSE the government might come take them away but if the government did that it would be a serious violation of the fundamental basis for this country. That basis being that it is run by the people. If you remove the only REAL method citizens have to defend themselves from their own government then the government just does whatever it wants. Currently I see no need for defending myself against my government. Other than having lost two of our civil rights already in the last decade; it's not so bad. That doesn't mean it will always be that way, and without proper weaponry the citizenry would either have to attack an army with sticks or would have to depend on a foreign government to step in like happened in all the recent revolutions recently.
The country was founded (as you noted) by citizens revolting against an oppressive regime. The citizens (some of them, anyway) want to maintain the ability to do that should the need arise. Even if that maintenance only serves as a deterrent to the government.
This is a country in turmoil - and not only because of this recent incident. When George Bush was in office, the democrats speculated he would make a move to hold on to power and basically turn the place into a monarchy. It didn't happen. I just heard yesterday a coworker talking about how he thought Obama would make a move like that. I doubt that will happen - but it does show there is a great deal of division within the people and the current events are further dividing them. These major divisions are the sort of thing that could potentially lead to a civil war. We have several states that have made serious attempts to secede from the U.S.A.. It's not going to happen, but again... division among the people. None of this is good, and I think the people need to be able to hold onto the last vestiges of their fundamental method for keeping their government in check.
I'm definitely part of the "pro gun" crowd. However, I have to say that the 3d printing of guns seems like a bad idea to me. I'm not the least bit upset at this move.
The child is probably better off dead in the long run if a parent was negligent enough to leave a gun somewhere that a 3yo could access it. That's pretty gross negligence, so that child was likely subjected to all sorts of other horrors.
Wow that was a major error on my part. What I meant was the child was better off if that parent was dead. Sorry! Big difference!
These guns aren't for the army, their for the typical idiot consumer.
I remember this old story on the news that a 3 year old picked up a gun, not knowing what it was, and shot his(?) mother when she tried to take it back.
This would prevent stories like that.
Not allowing people who let others get at guns raise children would also prevent stories like that.
In some other countries, the firing mechanism must be stored seperately from the gun at all times, except when the weapon is being used.
And definitely not loaded.
And also, the barrier to losing custody of your children is way lower. The way A.Z. was brought up would have been impossible in places with strong child protection laws.
The child is probably better off dead in the long run if a parent was negligent enough to leave a gun somewhere that a 3yo could access it. That's pretty gross negligence, so that child was likely subjected to all sorts of other horrors.
1. Iran realizes all these viruses are made for Windows.
2. Iran switches operations to Linux to evade these viruses.
3. US spies learn this and report back that Iran is using Linux.
4. OMG OHNOEZ TEH LINUX IS TEH ENEMIES OF FREEEEEEDOMZ AND DIMMOCRASY ARREST THE TERRYRISTS USING ALL THE LINUXES!!!
5. Iran realizes all their software is made for windows and won't run on Linux.
6. Iran switches back.
Some code kiddie got caught doing what the MPAA and RIAA do every day. There have been numerous articles about how your data isn't protected by your civil rights once it leaves your house (e.g. email). However when it's not the MPAA/RIAA committing the offense it's worthy of a lengthy prison sentence.... I was going to say this was enlightening, but somehow it's merely unsurprising.
The serious people, who want a good UI, and better templates have moved on to 500px. The people who want community first, and a good UI and display, have move to G+. The casual crowd has moved on to Facebook. Why niche does Flickr fill, that these other sites can do better?
Google+ didn't really do anything for me, but I hadn't heard of 500px. I'll give it a gander, thanks!
I think the quality of comments you garner will depends on the groups you join and post to. There's certainly no shortage of groups that give lame "awards".
Its been reported that she was a "prepper." So there's an underlying mental illness going on there. Preparing for the end of the world is not something sane and rational people do.
Not that I am one, but there are plenty of people who think the exact opposite. Those would say that not being prepared indicates you have an underlying mental illness.
Some people collect... those same people also lock up their weapons in a safe and don't share the code. For instance, I don't know my brother's safe combo, and I don't really want to. I have a gun that I use strictly for target shooting for self entertainment and if I ever want to shoot one of his, I simply ask.
For those "collectors" that don't lock up their collections, I'd say that there may be a problem. Considering a fairly high end gun safe will run less than the cost of a few guns, it would be retarded not to own one.
If you've got kids in your house (like this lady) or something then yes, safes are important. As for criminals and your guns being safe in a safe from theft... you're only fooling yourself. Go look at safe cracking videos on youtube - safe manufacturers make such videos against competitors. It takes two guys about 60 seconds to break into the most expensive safe you can buy (for home use) with a pry bar and sledge. Maybe if you've got a full room safe like you'd have at a bank or something...
I believe it's currently in a Connecticut State Police lab, and it doesn't really have much of a chance of preventing future crimes. It's high-profile enough that I'm sure they'll look in to it pretty well, but they already have a pretty significant backlog of evidence that will be used to prosecute people to prevent them from continuing to commit crimes, which is more useful.
That was a nice sentiment. Unfortunately I suspect that most law enforcement agencies would be far more concerned with what the national news media is going to say about their handling of this case than they are with preventing other crimes. No citation, that's just my opinion on "the way the world works".
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I don't e-mail people my scans, I upload them to Megaupload and send them the link.
Foolproof.
You've already played the fool. Megaupload is long gone.
Why is it we can't get mutants out of our own labs but our enemies are going to be able to do this just like that?
I want my mutants!
Rules and Regulations. That's why.
Until about 10 years ago I remember hearing all broadcasts of Armstrong's quote with a definite crackling "a" before the word "man". Then the crackling "a" disappeared. It seems to me someone decided the audio sounded better without the crackling sound, edited it out, and threw away the original. Thus history was changed. It's disturbing.
I'd describe it as average, or expected rather than disturbing. This isn't 1950 anymore.
I have to ask: Is anyone getting even close to these advertised transfer rates in real world scenarios? I haven't seen more than low single digit MB/s over wireless LAN, even under line of sight conditions with hardly any interference.
Same problem here. At 25 feet, 100mbit wired trumps 802.11n significantly for streaming video. It's good for cellphones, laptops, and other toys but for moving anything other than tiny amounts of data it's insufficient for me. Of course, I've got everything running gigabit wired now, so this really won't even be slightly interesting to me until the "second wave". By that time 10GB wired or better will probably be running through my attic... so we'll see.
So what? There is no story here. I understand that you want to promote your blog, but it pisses me off that Slashdot facilitates you.
How about some "news for nerds" stuff that splatters less would be nice. This post belongs in a fan, if you catch my meaning.
Except that slashdot often posts articles about privacy related problems such as this one. I, for one, am glad it was posted. QQ
Probably.
Relevant https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=keTbsSfMOdI#t=46s
Value is value. US dollars is simply one way of storing it. It just so happens that because you use dollars as your "reference" value that you think it has to be converted to those dollars to truly "count." If you were British you wouldn't think it really counted until it was in Pounds. If you lived New Vegas you wouldn't think it counted until it was in bottle caps.
You might say that value is simply based on what they decided, and that could change at any time. But that's true for every form of value storage, including dollars. It's just that when your reference storage medium changes value it's not as obvious, because you still have the same number of it.
You can't buy a quater pounder with a "share" of stock.
Some company I've never heard of starts some type of project I've never heard of to port some game I've never heard of to Linux. FTFY
What about the sex offenders whose crimes had *nothing to do* with children? What if they took a piss behind a bush and a 70 year old lady happened to see them and reported it? It's not a "touched little kids" list, it's a "any act that uses any part of the part of the body conceivably used for sex" list.
What you're doing is the same as lumping everyone who has ever had a speeding ticket or parking violation in with DWI offenders and then saying that *none of them* are allowed to go to bars just because a small subset of the group has done something bad related to alcohol.
Well, the guy DID have a penis with him when he got drunk a the bar...
Yeah, much better to piss your pants.
It's true. Your life won't be ruined if you piss your pants.
I recently saw a woman double clicking links on webpages. They're out there.
One of the most worrying things to many of us foreigners, though, is the culture that thinks they need a gun to defend against the tyrannical government. Which tyrannical government is that, then? I know that's the reason the Second Amendment was instituted in the first place, but I'm fairly sure the framers of the constitution never envisioned modern weaponry when they did it. The main argument they seem to offer is they need a gun to defend themselves from the government when they come to take their guns away. Like circular logic much?
You don't need a gun to defend yourselves BECAUSE the government might come take them away but if the government did that it would be a serious violation of the fundamental basis for this country. That basis being that it is run by the people. If you remove the only REAL method citizens have to defend themselves from their own government then the government just does whatever it wants. Currently I see no need for defending myself against my government. Other than having lost two of our civil rights already in the last decade; it's not so bad. That doesn't mean it will always be that way, and without proper weaponry the citizenry would either have to attack an army with sticks or would have to depend on a foreign government to step in like happened in all the recent revolutions recently.
The country was founded (as you noted) by citizens revolting against an oppressive regime. The citizens (some of them, anyway) want to maintain the ability to do that should the need arise. Even if that maintenance only serves as a deterrent to the government.
This is a country in turmoil - and not only because of this recent incident. When George Bush was in office, the democrats speculated he would make a move to hold on to power and basically turn the place into a monarchy. It didn't happen. I just heard yesterday a coworker talking about how he thought Obama would make a move like that. I doubt that will happen - but it does show there is a great deal of division within the people and the current events are further dividing them. These major divisions are the sort of thing that could potentially lead to a civil war. We have several states that have made serious attempts to secede from the U.S.A.. It's not going to happen, but again... division among the people. None of this is good, and I think the people need to be able to hold onto the last vestiges of their fundamental method for keeping their government in check.
I'm definitely part of the "pro gun" crowd. However, I have to say that the 3d printing of guns seems like a bad idea to me. I'm not the least bit upset at this move.
Apparently you are a politician from your skill at taking two statements that don't contradict each other and trying to create an argument from them.
Don't be so vulgar, we don't use the term "politician" anymore. It's differently abled.
The child is probably better off dead in the long run if a parent was negligent enough to leave a gun somewhere that a 3yo could access it. That's pretty gross negligence, so that child was likely subjected to all sorts of other horrors.
Wow that was a major error on my part. What I meant was the child was better off if that parent was dead. Sorry! Big difference!
These guns aren't for the army, their for the typical idiot consumer. I remember this old story on the news that a 3 year old picked up a gun, not knowing what it was, and shot his(?) mother when she tried to take it back. This would prevent stories like that.
Not allowing people who let others get at guns raise children would also prevent stories like that.
In some other countries, the firing mechanism must be stored seperately from the gun at all times, except when the weapon is being used. And definitely not loaded.
And also, the barrier to losing custody of your children is way lower. The way A.Z. was brought up would have been impossible in places with strong child protection laws.
The child is probably better off dead in the long run if a parent was negligent enough to leave a gun somewhere that a 3yo could access it. That's pretty gross negligence, so that child was likely subjected to all sorts of other horrors.
Yes, fries are made from potatoes.
Not if you go to mcdonalds.
If they were able to determine the age of the fake identify by tracking it they would have broken the law.
1. Iran realizes all these viruses are made for Windows. 2. Iran switches operations to Linux to evade these viruses. 3. US spies learn this and report back that Iran is using Linux. 4. OMG OHNOEZ TEH LINUX IS TEH ENEMIES OF FREEEEEEDOMZ AND DIMMOCRASY ARREST THE TERRYRISTS USING ALL THE LINUXES!!!
5. Iran realizes all their software is made for windows and won't run on Linux. 6. Iran switches back.
Some code kiddie got caught doing what the MPAA and RIAA do every day. There have been numerous articles about how your data isn't protected by your civil rights once it leaves your house (e.g. email). However when it's not the MPAA/RIAA committing the offense it's worthy of a lengthy prison sentence.... I was going to say this was enlightening, but somehow it's merely unsurprising.
The serious people, who want a good UI, and better templates have moved on to 500px. The people who want community first, and a good UI and display, have move to G+. The casual crowd has moved on to Facebook. Why niche does Flickr fill, that these other sites can do better?
Google+ didn't really do anything for me, but I hadn't heard of 500px. I'll give it a gander, thanks!
I think the quality of comments you garner will depends on the groups you join and post to. There's certainly no shortage of groups that give lame "awards".
Its been reported that she was a "prepper." So there's an underlying mental illness going on there. Preparing for the end of the world is not something sane and rational people do.
Not that I am one, but there are plenty of people who think the exact opposite. Those would say that not being prepared indicates you have an underlying mental illness.
Some people collect... those same people also lock up their weapons in a safe and don't share the code. For instance, I don't know my brother's safe combo, and I don't really want to. I have a gun that I use strictly for target shooting for self entertainment and if I ever want to shoot one of his, I simply ask.
For those "collectors" that don't lock up their collections, I'd say that there may be a problem. Considering a fairly high end gun safe will run less than the cost of a few guns, it would be retarded not to own one.
If you've got kids in your house (like this lady) or something then yes, safes are important. As for criminals and your guns being safe in a safe from theft... you're only fooling yourself. Go look at safe cracking videos on youtube - safe manufacturers make such videos against competitors. It takes two guys about 60 seconds to break into the most expensive safe you can buy (for home use) with a pry bar and sledge. Maybe if you've got a full room safe like you'd have at a bank or something...
I believe it's currently in a Connecticut State Police lab, and it doesn't really have much of a chance of preventing future crimes. It's high-profile enough that I'm sure they'll look in to it pretty well, but they already have a pretty significant backlog of evidence that will be used to prosecute people to prevent them from continuing to commit crimes, which is more useful.
That was a nice sentiment. Unfortunately I suspect that most law enforcement agencies would be far more concerned with what the national news media is going to say about their handling of this case than they are with preventing other crimes. No citation, that's just my opinion on "the way the world works".