Or, of course, the Bible could be a collection of parables rather then a dogmatic belief structure that does not allow outside thought, interpretation, and possibilities. The idea that the Bible, which has undergone more revisions then Enron's accounting books, is still 100% accurate from the words of the original authors of the scripture is hardly possible. Bias, new passages and "modern" thought creep in (try the King James version for some of the best of that). Therefore, it should not be taken as absolute fact, but as a structure to base belief on, not the absolute belief itself.
It's got some good ideas, but just because something doesn't appear in the Bible does not mean it's heretical. (For one thing, I daresay neither computers nor Slashdot make an appearance, and yet here you are...)
Oddly enough, if you have the proper plug-in for Adobe Acrobat, you can take one of those "protected" files, extract all the pages to a separate file, and then save it. Had to do that at work when the clueless-as-hell customer gave us a file to print that was protected. (Furthermore, the customer didn't know how to "un-protect" it, and the person who did was on vacation.)
In the off chance that doesn't work, you can import the file, page by page, into Photoshop and resave the pages. But that's really only an option with files that are fairly small in terms of page count.
Well, considering that this printer is at a Kinko's, and we routinely print the equivalent of 60+ square feet of banner prints a day, that's not a big concern. I do appreciate the head's up, though.
Yes, but if your current printer won't print anything because "the cartridges are empty", then the new printer will print some pages because they're "almost empty".
Having been the not-so-proud owner of a POS Lexmark that not only had printer cable problems (oh, I brushed the cable slightly. printer connection lost), but had the colour cartridge basically explode inside the printer, I'm never buying one of them again. (It was a real pretty colour pattern on the inside of the case though...)
Tell me about it. We've upgraded one of the printers we have at work from one HP to another HP (2500 Banner printer to the 5500). This is a printer that can handle 42" wide rolls of paper, and prints amazingly fast, and at good quality. So, you'd expect that it would run out of ink fairly quickly, right?
Wrong. The ink cartridges, IIRC, hold 680 mL of ink (one of six colours for this model), and I believe that we've changed out only 2 of the individual cartridges in the 7+ weeks we've had the printer. And we've been using it a lot.
Now, to be completely fair, we cannot use any other type of ink in this, as it will only take the HP inks. But when I replaced one of the cartridges last week, the old one was practically bone dry. It will print until it runs out of one of the inks, but it will only warn you about low ink, not stop printing altogether.
No, more like "Hey, this guy makes sense on this issue and presents his thoughts quickly, coherently, and in terms that even marketing thugs can comprehend. There's no way any major news outlet would ever pick this up." So, a sort of disgust at how the "real news" never gets reported.
Hrm... I can't see M$ backing out of supporting migration to a newer version of a product they create/control. I mean, if they don't help with it, there's always the chance they'll lose the customer to another company, or to an Open Source solution.
They may do some bone-headed things, but I can't see them being this stupid...
Excuse me, but that is only one possible interpretatio of "for in his days the earth divided". It could be that they were recording a massive earthquake that caused a large fissure in the ground. It could have been some sort of sinkhole. Pointing at the Bible and saying 'This verse constitutes evidence of X' is just an opinion, not a fact, especially considering how many translations and re-writes the Bible has been through....
Yes, but look at EQ and see all the damned Drizzt Do'urden knockoffs and tell me they aren't justified in mentioning it. Because MMORPGamers (especially ones with a mental age at or below 15) seem to operate on the principle that those aren't naming guidelines, those are naming examples.
Thank god I already have my gaming fix somewhere other then SWG...
As has been brought up before, the Patent Office is rated on the number of patents they approve, not the number they review. To continue to get "Huge Gobs of Federal Money(tm)" they have to approve a large number of patents, regardless of merit, prior art, etc.
In other terms, imagine a customer service centre where the phone-monkeys are paid based on the brevity of their call-time, not on whether they actually helped anyone. More must be better then less, right?
Hrm. So if I download a couple dozen songs a day, I'm not going to get sued as long as I move them to a directory that isn't part of the shared list? Interesting...
Of course, most of the stuff I download is music videos. I have yet to find a consistent source outside of p2p networks to get copies of music videos I particularly enjoy watching. (Of course, my room-mate said that if I didn't take Blue Man Group's "Sing Along" off of repeat while I did the dishes he would hurt me.....)
Frankly, they can decide what's popular all they want. I'll still decide what I listen to. Heck, I get more exposure to music I haven't heard before from stuff my co-workers bring to the store then anything on the radio.
Ah yes, yet another clueless jackass who doesn't know exactly how the First Amendment works.
To enlighten you would take far more time then I have. In fact, I suspect that the sun would go cold long before knowledge pentrated the thickness of your skull.
So, simply put:
The First Amendment, aka Freedom of Speech, only applies to the government attempting to abridge speech. If a ISP says "You can't send spam on our servers", then tough shit, cousin, it's not a First Amendment violation.
Mosquitos transmit malaria, actually. And IBM has a legal department that makes quinine look like sugar tablets. SCO will be lucky if it just walks away from this with a legal beating. Hell, after the dust clears, they'll probably end up being bought and gutted by Microsoft. Not that there's much there to gut. If you have to resort to this kind of legal idiocy, it doesn't say much about your product line.
No, it's not false arrest, as they are not arresting you. Holding you against your will in the manner described is kidnapping. If they are refusing to allow you to leave, bring them up on felony charges.
Does it sound silly and petty? Yup. But so is making you work without getting paid for it.
See, I disagree with the statement "The customer is always right." because it means that the customer could walk up to the counter of a car dealership and say "I want to buy that new Ferrari, but I only want to pay $1000. You have to sell it to me at that cost because the customer is always right!"
Sorry, I don't think so. The customer is usually ignorant. The majority of any customers in any business outside the fast-food industries do not know what they need to know to make the transaction better for all parties involved. (I exclude fast food because most people know whether they want "no onions, extra cheese" on their burger)
In fact, I'll go so far as to say that the customer is usually a fucking moron. At least, the customers I deal with usually are. But that's another story. And no, I don't work in tech support.
Obviously, it's to be taken in the best possible light when Debian does it, and it's to be taken in the worst possible light when Microsoft does it. I mean, this is Slashdot after all...
Exactly... it shouldn't have been "What is the Matrix?" but "Why is the Matrix?". We have a number of AIs that are so ruthless (from humanity's standpoint) that they see no problem using human's as a fuel source, yet they let them "live their lives" inside the Matrix.
From the point where the first guy who could manipulate the Matrix freely showed up, they should have been giving frontal lobotomies to all the new fuel cells.
Or the robots could have "fled" to space, leaving behind the humans who just ruined their own ecosystem...
Of course, the AIs aren't completely logical and unemotional... Smith never would have snapped in the first movie otherwise... one of the by-products of true intelligence.
"I'm sorry former employee #961936, we have just entered the cell-phone field. You are required to quit your current job and go become a fry cook. At least until we open a restaurant."
Zealotry? How about just the simple idea that a cellphone should be a cellphone? I don't need to play games on it. I don't need to it to check stock quotes. I don't need it to take pictures, or remind me of appointments. I need it to be able to receive and send calls, and store numbers that I regularly call. If it can do that, I don't care if it's from Microsoft or from Fred Flintstone.
The problem is, Microsoft seems to have this problem with keeping things simple. Well, for that matter, with regards to cellphones, they're hardly alone.
Perhaps someone who was, like me, asleep 12 hours ago? I generally do not have the time to go through all the Slashdot stories that I miss because of "real life"(1) kicking in, so I for one appreciate notices like this.
(1) real life not to be confused with college life, reality shows, or anecdotal evidence of Slashdot posters having girlfriends.
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"It looks like you are trying to install a modchip? Can I help in any way?" - Clippy, after a Linux hack.
Kierthos
Or, of course, the Bible could be a collection of parables rather then a dogmatic belief structure that does not allow outside thought, interpretation, and possibilities. The idea that the Bible, which has undergone more revisions then Enron's accounting books, is still 100% accurate from the words of the original authors of the scripture is hardly possible. Bias, new passages and "modern" thought creep in (try the King James version for some of the best of that). Therefore, it should not be taken as absolute fact, but as a structure to base belief on, not the absolute belief itself.
It's got some good ideas, but just because something doesn't appear in the Bible does not mean it's heretical. (For one thing, I daresay neither computers nor Slashdot make an appearance, and yet here you are...)
Kierthos
Oddly enough, if you have the proper plug-in for Adobe Acrobat, you can take one of those "protected" files, extract all the pages to a separate file, and then save it. Had to do that at work when the clueless-as-hell customer gave us a file to print that was protected. (Furthermore, the customer didn't know how to "un-protect" it, and the person who did was on vacation.)
In the off chance that doesn't work, you can import the file, page by page, into Photoshop and resave the pages. But that's really only an option with files that are fairly small in terms of page count.
Kierthos
Well, considering that this printer is at a Kinko's, and we routinely print the equivalent of 60+ square feet of banner prints a day, that's not a big concern. I do appreciate the head's up, though.
Kierthos
Yes, but if your current printer won't print anything because "the cartridges are empty", then the new printer will print some pages because they're "almost empty".
Having been the not-so-proud owner of a POS Lexmark that not only had printer cable problems (oh, I brushed the cable slightly. printer connection lost), but had the colour cartridge basically explode inside the printer, I'm never buying one of them again. (It was a real pretty colour pattern on the inside of the case though...)
Kierthos
Good point. Stupidity is not a crime. If it was, our jails would be far more overcrowded.
Kierthos
Tell me about it. We've upgraded one of the printers we have at work from one HP to another HP (2500 Banner printer to the 5500). This is a printer that can handle 42" wide rolls of paper, and prints amazingly fast, and at good quality. So, you'd expect that it would run out of ink fairly quickly, right?
Wrong. The ink cartridges, IIRC, hold 680 mL of ink (one of six colours for this model), and I believe that we've changed out only 2 of the individual cartridges in the 7+ weeks we've had the printer. And we've been using it a lot.
Now, to be completely fair, we cannot use any other type of ink in this, as it will only take the HP inks. But when I replaced one of the cartridges last week, the old one was practically bone dry. It will print until it runs out of one of the inks, but it will only warn you about low ink, not stop printing altogether.
Kierthos
No, more like "Hey, this guy makes sense on this issue and presents his thoughts quickly, coherently, and in terms that even marketing thugs can comprehend. There's no way any major news outlet would ever pick this up." So, a sort of disgust at how the "real news" never gets reported.
Ironic, really.
Kierthos
Quidditch (which is a horrible game anyway)
You're obviously not playing it right. Watch out for hazards, though.
Kierthos
Neither Dell nor Gateway seem to offer anything other then XP (in various sub-species) as an option. Not a big surprise there, though.
Kierthos
Hrm... I can't see M$ backing out of supporting migration to a newer version of a product they create/control. I mean, if they don't help with it, there's always the chance they'll lose the customer to another company, or to an Open Source solution.
They may do some bone-headed things, but I can't see them being this stupid...
Kierthos
Excuse me, but that is only one possible interpretatio of "for in his days the earth divided". It could be that they were recording a massive earthquake that caused a large fissure in the ground. It could have been some sort of sinkhole. Pointing at the Bible and saying 'This verse constitutes evidence of X' is just an opinion, not a fact, especially considering how many translations and re-writes the Bible has been through....
Kierthos
Yes, but look at EQ and see all the damned Drizzt Do'urden knockoffs and tell me they aren't justified in mentioning it. Because MMORPGamers (especially ones with a mental age at or below 15) seem to operate on the principle that those aren't naming guidelines, those are naming examples.
Thank god I already have my gaming fix somewhere other then SWG...
Kierthos
As has been brought up before, the Patent Office is rated on the number of patents they approve, not the number they review. To continue to get "Huge Gobs of Federal Money(tm)" they have to approve a large number of patents, regardless of merit, prior art, etc.
In other terms, imagine a customer service centre where the phone-monkeys are paid based on the brevity of their call-time, not on whether they actually helped anyone. More must be better then less, right?
Kierthos
Anyone who is outside the U.S.?
Anyone who can spoof their machine so the RIAA can't figure out where it's being uploaded from?
Kierthos
Hrm. So if I download a couple dozen songs a day, I'm not going to get sued as long as I move them to a directory that isn't part of the shared list? Interesting...
Of course, most of the stuff I download is music videos. I have yet to find a consistent source outside of p2p networks to get copies of music videos I particularly enjoy watching. (Of course, my room-mate said that if I didn't take Blue Man Group's "Sing Along" off of repeat while I did the dishes he would hurt me.....)
Frankly, they can decide what's popular all they want. I'll still decide what I listen to. Heck, I get more exposure to music I haven't heard before from stuff my co-workers bring to the store then anything on the radio.
Kierthos
Ah yes, yet another clueless jackass who doesn't know exactly how the First Amendment works.
To enlighten you would take far more time then I have. In fact, I suspect that the sun would go cold long before knowledge pentrated the thickness of your skull.
So, simply put:
The First Amendment, aka Freedom of Speech, only applies to the government attempting to abridge speech. If a ISP says "You can't send spam on our servers", then tough shit, cousin, it's not a First Amendment violation.
Kierthos
Mosquitos transmit malaria, actually. And IBM has a legal department that makes quinine look like sugar tablets. SCO will be lucky if it just walks away from this with a legal beating. Hell, after the dust clears, they'll probably end up being bought and gutted by Microsoft. Not that there's much there to gut. If you have to resort to this kind of legal idiocy, it doesn't say much about your product line.
Kierthos
No, it's not false arrest, as they are not arresting you. Holding you against your will in the manner described is kidnapping. If they are refusing to allow you to leave, bring them up on felony charges.
Does it sound silly and petty? Yup. But so is making you work without getting paid for it.
Kierthos
See, I disagree with the statement "The customer is always right." because it means that the customer could walk up to the counter of a car dealership and say "I want to buy that new Ferrari, but I only want to pay $1000. You have to sell it to me at that cost because the customer is always right!"
Sorry, I don't think so. The customer is usually ignorant. The majority of any customers in any business outside the fast-food industries do not know what they need to know to make the transaction better for all parties involved. (I exclude fast food because most people know whether they want "no onions, extra cheese" on their burger)
In fact, I'll go so far as to say that the customer is usually a fucking moron. At least, the customers I deal with usually are. But that's another story. And no, I don't work in tech support.
Kierthos
Obviously, it's to be taken in the best possible light when Debian does it, and it's to be taken in the worst possible light when Microsoft does it. I mean, this is Slashdot after all...
Kierthos
Exactly... it shouldn't have been "What is the Matrix?" but "Why is the Matrix?". We have a number of AIs that are so ruthless (from humanity's standpoint) that they see no problem using human's as a fuel source, yet they let them "live their lives" inside the Matrix.
From the point where the first guy who could manipulate the Matrix freely showed up, they should have been giving frontal lobotomies to all the new fuel cells.
Or the robots could have "fled" to space, leaving behind the humans who just ruined their own ecosystem...
Of course, the AIs aren't completely logical and unemotional... Smith never would have snapped in the first movie otherwise... one of the by-products of true intelligence.
Kierthos
including not working in any competing field for 10 years, including any field that the company later got into
Oh yeah, _that's_ enforceable... (sarcasm intended)
"I'm sorry former employee #961936, we have just entered the cell-phone field. You are required to quit your current job and go become a fry cook. At least until we open a restaurant."
Complete and utter bullshit.
Kierthos
Zealotry? How about just the simple idea that a cellphone should be a cellphone? I don't need to play games on it. I don't need to it to check stock quotes. I don't need it to take pictures, or remind me of appointments. I need it to be able to receive and send calls, and store numbers that I regularly call. If it can do that, I don't care if it's from Microsoft or from Fred Flintstone.
The problem is, Microsoft seems to have this problem with keeping things simple. Well, for that matter, with regards to cellphones, they're hardly alone.
Kierthos
Perhaps someone who was, like me, asleep 12 hours ago? I generally do not have the time to go through all the Slashdot stories that I miss because of "real life"(1) kicking in, so I for one appreciate notices like this.
(1) real life not to be confused with college life, reality shows, or anecdotal evidence of Slashdot posters having girlfriends.
Kierthos