but when they get married in two years and he realizes he's never really had any fun and experienced any other relationships before he got so serious and tied down,
I've been in a relationship with my now-wife for 10 years. I'm 30.
I wouldn't trade that experience for the WORLD. Now, I can understand how you may think that your view of a lifestyle would have been more fun for me, but I have to tell you - I truly don't see it that way. I'd have to say there are probably people in similar situations who would reflect and say the same.
Sorry about the rant. Your thoughts just pushed a button...
Was it just me, or did anyone else read that first paragraph of the parent-to-this comment and think "But does it make your computer sound any warmer?":)
You are talking of anecdotal evidence, and I replied with anecdotal evidence.
I think we're both fair here.
You stated a "friend works for a drug company" and "She said exactly what I (you) just said", in addition to somewhat meaningless (due to heresay) statistics.
I stated I do work for one of the large drug companies. And that you're wrong.
See? Both of us are right!
Seriously though, I'm not trying to be an ass, I'm just trying to show that your view isn't necessarily shared by me.
What I'd like is a hard drive player that just accepts files. I don't want a management interface. I have a small CF (nex 2e) mp3 player that is fairly decent, and the golden thing about this player is that I can take a CF card (and reader) anywhere and load it up.
Now, that being said, for the way I use my music, my nomad zen xtra has been awesome. But again, that is how I see myself using an mp3 player. My wife? Got her a nano for christmas.
But she's also the person who didn't want an mp3 player in her car... opted for the 400$ cd-only panasonic that "looked pretty"..... She regrets that now..
I have Our Lady Peace's new disc, Healthy in Paranoid Times.
On insertion (simulated here via the AUTORUN.EXE, since my autorun is off) the CD displays an "Enhanced CD Installer" window, which has the title and artist of the cd. "End User License Agreement" is off to the right.
In the center is the familiar legalese of the EULA - stating "IMPORTANT - READ CAREFULLY:" Off to the bottom is an "Agree/Disagree" radio button, which if you select Disagree (agree is defaulted, BTW - without any scrolling in the main EULA part) the CD automatically ejects to protect itself.
But it will not install any software if you select Disagree. Given, I am only able to test on this specific CD, so I can't really state with full authority that your mother clicked on "Next" without moving the radio button, but in my case you'd have to hit something to install this rootkit.
p.s. You can also rip away with EAC while the agreement is being displayed, if you don't want to turn off Autorun. My thoughts are to just turn off Autorun, however... It is handy in certain cases, but I'm not a typical user I guess.
pps bottom of my eula = (ID:239675.18 -- 1/7/2005)
The only problem you'll have with laptops (even with newer drives) is that they are SSSLLLOOOOWWWW.
I wouldn't want to put an oracle db or similar on one and have >10 people hit it. That would be suckeyful. But for certain applications (like a low-use firewall, etc) it would be wonderful!
If a song "comes into my head", chances are I'll have it on me. That's why I appreciate my 30gb player. To each their own however; I have a 1GB player that travels with me to the gym because I don't need a hard drive based player for a 40 minute workout.
Yea. As soon as I saw that picture, I thought - hell, even with a bowling ball, you could probably sink that "ship". Just toss it at them as they wave at you. "CATCH!" *splinter* glub glub.
Then, their RPG wouldn't be so easy to hold on to. heh.
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One last time.
Say it with me.
"RAID is not a backup solution."
Again,
"RAID is not a backup solution."
That being said, RAID helps to overcome failure of the drive. Do yearly or bi-yearly DVD backups, or back up to another offline harddrive... etc..
but when they get married in two years and he realizes he's never really had any fun and experienced any other relationships before he got so serious and tied down,
I've been in a relationship with my now-wife for 10 years. I'm 30.
I wouldn't trade that experience for the WORLD. Now, I can understand how you may think that your view of a lifestyle would have been more fun for me, but I have to tell you - I truly don't see it that way. I'd have to say there are probably people in similar situations who would reflect and say the same.
Sorry about the rant. Your thoughts just pushed a button...
Was it just me, or did anyone else read that first paragraph of the parent-to-this comment and think "But does it make your computer sound any warmer?" :)
Would that be a "Freudian Click"?
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HAND.
Is that anything like accidentally witnessing "jungle love"?
Likewise, sci-fi channel doesn't get a cut of the cable bill, so they need ads
They may not get a cut of your cable bill, but the cable company is paying someone for the privelege to distribute that channel....
I wasn't wanting a debate either. Just thought it was an interesting statement, and wanted to place it in a different light, that's all....
I didn't read your subject.
And mistakenly took "*se.com" to be goatse.com, for some reason...
Darn slashdotters.
Yet another perspective would be that even bands shouldn't be making money from distributing music.
I hope this isn't your perspective. Otherwise, I'd like to hire you to re-wire my house. After all, you'd just be distributing wires.
It's a technical term. Like Shittery.
run 32 bit code without degrading performance.
You mean, better than they run code now, degrading performance over weeks and months as the registry tries to commit suicide?
I keed, I keed!
For someone with a 3 digit ID, I'd expect better.
Insightful gives karma. Funny doesn't. Mods aren't on crack, they're your friends.
Maybe this should be spelled out in the FAQ.
There's no replacement for displacement!
You are talking of anecdotal evidence, and I replied with anecdotal evidence.
I think we're both fair here.
You stated a "friend works for a drug company" and "She said exactly what I (you) just said", in addition to somewhat meaningless (due to heresay) statistics.
I stated I do work for one of the large drug companies. And that you're wrong.
See? Both of us are right!
Seriously though, I'm not trying to be an ass, I'm just trying to show that your view isn't necessarily shared by me.
So out of 100 people without HIV, at least 1 will yield a false positive.
Actually, that's incorrect.
You could still bat 1.000 and have the test be 99% or less accurate. It just wasn't inaccurate in that size of sample.
Hmmmph.
Just goes to show that you DON'T work for one of the largest drug manufacturing companies in the world.
And I do. Insightful, indeed!
My thoughts exactly, but then again, I've not known women in my life as a whole to truly appreciate good sound.
My girlfriend in high school would not give up cassettes for CDs for about 3 years. Said cassettes sounded better.
Everyone has an opinion, so here's mine.
What I'd like is a hard drive player that just accepts files. I don't want a management interface. I have a small CF (nex 2e) mp3 player that is fairly decent, and the golden thing about this player is that I can take a CF card (and reader) anywhere and load it up.
Now, that being said, for the way I use my music, my nomad zen xtra has been awesome. But again, that is how I see myself using an mp3 player. My wife? Got her a nano for christmas.
But she's also the person who didn't want an mp3 player in her car... opted for the 400$ cd-only panasonic that "looked pretty"..... She regrets that now..
I have Our Lady Peace's new disc, Healthy in Paranoid Times.
On insertion (simulated here via the AUTORUN.EXE, since my autorun is off) the CD displays an "Enhanced CD Installer" window, which has the title and artist of the cd. "End User License Agreement" is off to the right.
In the center is the familiar legalese of the EULA - stating "IMPORTANT - READ CAREFULLY:" Off to the bottom is an "Agree/Disagree" radio button, which if you select Disagree (agree is defaulted, BTW - without any scrolling in the main EULA part) the CD automatically ejects to protect itself.
But it will not install any software if you select Disagree. Given, I am only able to test on this specific CD, so I can't really state with full authority that your mother clicked on "Next" without moving the radio button, but in my case you'd have to hit something to install this rootkit.
p.s. You can also rip away with EAC while the agreement is being displayed, if you don't want to turn off Autorun. My thoughts are to just turn off Autorun, however... It is handy in certain cases, but I'm not a typical user I guess.
pps bottom of my eula = (ID:239675.18 -- 1/7/2005)
What does World of Warcraft have to do with any of this?
The only problem you'll have with laptops (even with newer drives) is that they are SSSLLLOOOOWWWW.
I wouldn't want to put an oracle db or similar on one and have >10 people hit it. That would be suckeyful. But for certain applications (like a low-use firewall, etc) it would be wonderful!
the point is: you are the consumer, you are king
Man. So every morning I am having breakfast with the king, whether I'm at Burger King or not!
That's awesome!
I have an 8 hour work day.
I have 30 gigs of music at my disposal.
If a song "comes into my head", chances are I'll have it on me. That's why I appreciate my 30gb player. To each their own however; I have a 1GB player that travels with me to the gym because I don't need a hard drive based player for a 40 minute workout.
Yea. As soon as I saw that picture, I thought - hell, even with a bowling ball, you could probably sink that "ship". Just toss it at them as they wave at you. "CATCH!" *splinter* glub glub.
Then, their RPG wouldn't be so easy to hold on to. heh.