I suck at grammar, syntax, and sometimes punctuation. So when I notice just how shitty a job someone has done on all three, we've got a problem. Of course there is always the possibility that this just looks like it was written by a ninth grader.
Amazing to live in an age where we see science fiction morph into science fact, isn't it? (PS: anyone else remember this movie for something other than Susan Dey's pert, freshly scanned nipples?:-) )
I walked in prepared to wrestle with uncalibrated Diebold machines, and was greeted with the cardboard sheet and pen. It rocked. If you can't figure that one out, you aren't smart enough to cast an informed vote anyway.
Oh yes it is so... even with PAE enabled (which is rarely needed, as the OS now seems to "know" when it needs to invoke it) Windows XP only supports 4gb of RAM, in a perfect environment. (As in, without Service Pack 2, which allocates extra memory for "stability", leading to an XP=SP2 based system with anywhere from 2.9 to 3.5gb of available RAM for the OS.) Aside from possibly using a RAM disk, he is wasting 29gb of memory.
There is a commercial from a company called ISI (I think) that advertises starting your own "iPod Accessories" business. (It sounds like it might be an off-shoot of Invention Submission Corporation.)
I thought it was a parody commercial when I first heard it.
I'll go ahead and reply to both of you at once... since this seems to fit...
A: I'm not a tax hater. B: The information the IRS gets from you is no where NEAR voluntary. You don't "make a choice" about what you chose to release to them. You may "agree" with paying taxes, but that still doesn't change the level of information you are providing to them. Using that same logic though, you could just as easily decide you won't use the phone anymore.
It's very cool. I got my step-daughter one for Christmas... sadly... to play WoW. She's playing under Windows, so maybe it won't be an issue (besides... she's 14. I'd be surprised if she's even figured out how to program macros.)
...and I was trying to surf nuditity (sic) whilst stationed in the sandbox.
It can't be done, at least not easily or in a manner in which I was comfortable. It was filtered. I also tried reading about the death of Johnny Carson on CNN.com, and it was blocked for the same reasons... (Why? Who knows. I'm pretty sure there were no references to Rachel Welch's cat in there.)
So if you're going to get riled up, go for the whole enchilada. You can't have sex, you'll get court-martialed for cheating on your spouse, but let one of them send you a suggestive picture via email and see what happens.
(Although I found Al Franken a strange choice... he is one of the few "support the troops" liberals that actually support the troops through USO appearance.)
I'll reply to you... since two doors down an anonymous coward* took a shot at me as well...
First let me quote my original post...
":-)"
That means it's a joke... laugh. If I were a Slashdot higher up, I'd put a foot icon with it, although I suspect that wouldn't work in getting the point across.
The even better part of this is the knee-jerk reaction you've taken to my joking comment. I actually think this program is a good idea. I have read some good comments so far that have made me go "hmmmmm", but so far the level of media scrutiny that this has received makes me pretty comfortable that it is being used exactly as they say it is being used. Unfortunately, the media is now playing fact with fantasy (as you'll see in other comments all over this thread) trying to muddy what is happening, with what they are "afraid" will, strictly because many Americans didn't give a sh!t when the story first broke.
Just enlist a few members of Al Queda to start dialing wrong numbers. Then the NSA will be too busy tracking down who's who for the program to continue.:-)
A: No one has been threated with jail time. As a matter of fact, the only thing the administration has asked for a is a list of search terms, NOT who searched them, or even their results. They're wanting to know how many people are using the web to track down pedo porn.
B: As they have done in other countries, I highly suspect Google will have servers located WITHIN CHINA. Now explain to me again how they plan on saying "no" to a request from the Chinese government?
The original (and 2.0) version of their kit was massively popular, and it attracted a "geek base" of fans that wouldn't have accepted your typical "version 2.5". Props to Lego for realizing this and taking a little longer than most companies would to release the "right" product instead of the "quick" product.
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I suck at grammar, syntax, and sometimes punctuation. So when I notice just how shitty a job someone has done on all three, we've got a problem. Of course there is always the possibility that this just looks like it was written by a ninth grader.
Amazing to live in an age where we see science fiction morph into science fact, isn't it? (PS: anyone else remember this movie for something other than Susan Dey's pert, freshly scanned nipples? :-) )
...to individually certify, monitor and maintain licensing of its OS.
If you're not home during the monthly checkup your OS downgrades to Windows 3.1.
They have gone to enormous trouble to find your little friend... and found her they have. Do you all know what it is you're carrying?
...be a direct design from the Eagle in "Space: 1999"?
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http://www.smallartworks.ca/PS/Space1999/Boosters
I walked in prepared to wrestle with uncalibrated Diebold machines, and was greeted with the cardboard sheet and pen. It rocked. If you can't figure that one out, you aren't smart enough to cast an informed vote anyway.
Oh yes it is so... even with PAE enabled (which is rarely needed, as the OS now seems to "know" when it needs to invoke it) Windows XP only supports 4gb of RAM, in a perfect environment. (As in, without Service Pack 2, which allocates extra memory for "stability", leading to an XP=SP2 based system with anywhere from 2.9 to 3.5gb of available RAM for the OS.) Aside from possibly using a RAM disk, he is wasting 29gb of memory.
Not with 32gb of memory... He'd need XP-64 bit to see anything above 3.0 gb (approx... with that video card.)
There is a commercial from a company called ISI (I think) that advertises starting your own "iPod Accessories" business. (It sounds like it might be an off-shoot of Invention Submission Corporation.)
I thought it was a parody commercial when I first heard it.
I once asked a user, via email, if the problem she was having occured while the laptop was "Dicked or Undicked".
:-)
Luckily, she had a sense of humor... and I still have my job.
The Dell C/DockII, which is about 5 or 6 years old now, supported two PCI slots, one of which could be used for graphics.
:-)
So technically, anyone with a C series laptop should be able to get up to around an nVidia 6200 for their "docked" video solution.
(Now I have to go try this...)
I'll go ahead and reply to both of you at once... since this seems to fit...
A: I'm not a tax hater.
B: The information the IRS gets from you is no where NEAR voluntary. You don't "make a choice" about what you chose to release to them. You may "agree" with paying taxes, but that still doesn't change the level of information you are providing to them. Using that same logic though, you could just as easily decide you won't use the phone anymore.
If you think what the NSA is collecting is bad, why not take a look at what you send the IRS every year. (Assuming you're living in America.)
So big whoop....
Wow. There is an obscure blast from the past. If I didn't have one sitting in my garage, I would have thought I dreamed that entire platform.
HELP SPIKE!
OH NO! MOLLY!
It's very cool. I got my step-daughter one for Christmas... sadly... to play WoW. She's playing under Windows, so maybe it won't be an issue (besides... she's 14. I'd be surprised if she's even figured out how to program macros.)
...and I was trying to surf nuditity (sic) whilst stationed in the sandbox.
It can't be done, at least not easily or in a manner in which I was comfortable. It was filtered. I also tried reading about the death of Johnny Carson on CNN.com, and it was blocked for the same reasons... (Why? Who knows. I'm pretty sure there were no references to Rachel Welch's cat in there.)
So if you're going to get riled up, go for the whole enchilada. You can't have sex, you'll get court-martialed for cheating on your spouse, but let one of them send you a suggestive picture via email and see what happens.
(Although I found Al Franken a strange choice... he is one of the few "support the troops" liberals that actually support the troops through USO appearance.)
That damn Kirk gets sent on all the good missions.
Then we can free China through a patent infringement suit!
How ironic would that be.
I'll reply to you... since two doors down an anonymous coward* took a shot at me as well...
First let me quote my original post...
":-)"
That means it's a joke... laugh. If I were a Slashdot higher up, I'd put a foot icon with it, although I suspect that wouldn't work in getting the point across.
The even better part of this is the knee-jerk reaction you've taken to my joking comment. I actually think this program is a good idea. I have read some good comments so far that have made me go "hmmmmm", but so far the level of media scrutiny that this has received makes me pretty comfortable that it is being used exactly as they say it is being used. Unfortunately, the media is now playing fact with fantasy (as you'll see in other comments all over this thread) trying to muddy what is happening, with what they are "afraid" will, strictly because many Americans didn't give a sh!t when the story first broke.
Just enlist a few members of Al Queda to start dialing wrong numbers. Then the NSA will be too busy tracking down who's who for the program to continue. :-)
A: No one has been threated with jail time. As a matter of fact, the only thing the administration has asked for a is a list of search terms, NOT who searched them, or even their results. They're wanting to know how many people are using the web to track down pedo porn.
B: As they have done in other countries, I highly suspect Google will have servers located WITHIN CHINA. Now explain to me again how they plan on saying "no" to a request from the Chinese government?
What happens when the Chinese government comes knocking on Googles door ask (demanding) the same records? Do they really think "No" will be a choice?
"The mentality was we need to get these guys, and we're going to do whatever it takes to get them."
Like that's a bad thing.
Damn it. :-)
The original (and 2.0) version of their kit was massively popular, and it attracted a "geek base" of fans that wouldn't have accepted your typical "version 2.5". Props to Lego for realizing this and taking a little longer than most companies would to release the "right" product instead of the "quick" product.