I propose that they should not only implement this idea, but to track down the offenders and subject them to a gratuitous full body cavity search. You should be glad they won't need or require your consent, as this will be for your own good.
Microsoft pretty much crippled the start menu with vista, and continued that particular downward spiral into 7. When you make something less efficient, people tend to use it less. The basic idea is that Microsoft is crying because they sat on their own fist. It's only a matter of time before they get rid of the GUI and give us back DOS. When that day arrives, technology will not be here to advance us, but only to usher in The New Dark Age that much more effectively. Enjoy your light fixtures while you still can.
What happens if instead of accessing racy content, the user provides racy content to the Kinect? I would probably pull a Buffalo Bill/"Goodbye Horses" striptease and let nature take its course.
The real reason Microsoft is flagging Chrome as a virus. Since Chrome appears to be a legitimate threat to IE (unlike FF), if enough users believe that Chrome *IS* a virus, perhaps IE will reign undisputed King Of The Browsers.
However, with the ones that aren't usable, I would suggest ceremoniously throwing them into a volcano, thus appeasing The Ancient Earth Gods and preventing the simultaneous eruption of every volcano on December 22, 2012.
I was pretty certain after Mozilla started crapping on their userbase, along with numerous bugs and semi-critical flaws, that most people pretty much stopped using FF, except for those that still don't know any better. I'll truly be satisfied when I see Chrome overtake IE for the #1 spot. Once that happens, then the fanbase of the respective #2 and #3 spots can resume their internet slapfight over forums that nobody really cares about.
An accent that is detrimental to learning a specific language should not be allowed. Also, back in my day, we called that problem a speech *impediment*, because it IMPEDES proper and basic communication.
"UEFI, being a pseudo-operating system, can access all of the hardware on the computer — you can surf the internet from the UEFI interface, or backup your hard drives — and it even has a full, mouse-driven GUI (below right). The fact that all of this boot data is stored on NAND flash or on a hard drive means that there’s a lot more space for things like language localization, boot-time diagnostics (begone meaningless POST beeps!), utilities (backup, restore, malware scanners), and so on."
Unless the UEFI can be wiped FROM the underlying system (DOS, meet BIOS: they won't get rid of you, they'll just get better at hiding you from the base of heathen users), and users are GIVEN this option, this does not get rid of the possibility of rootkits. This just makes it laughably easier. Anyone who believes otherwise is clearly an idiot and has little to no understanding of actual system security. This will turn out to be little more than a prettied up version of DOS. I'm even willing to bet money on it.
I'm guessing your employer either ran out of money or resources to actually implement the project, or a few of the major players of the energy industry stepped in and said otherwise.
Actually, just so we can make this argument quite to the point, I'll do the math here for everyone to see. Unlike most of the posts on here, it might also look like I'm actually doing something productive, instead of trolling people for cheap laughs.
According to the article, Wal-Mart will be installing these solar grids on 130 stores. There are roughly 3619 locations in the US alone, and nearly 9000 worldwide. Some of these operate under different names, but that doesn't matter, it's still the same company. The discount centers average around 102000 sq ft, while the supercenters average approximately 197000 sq ft. Now, I'm not going to count the stores overseas, as that's a whole different ballgame with other energy regulatory commissions that delegate what is and isn't acceptable for their particular power grid/division. I'm also skipping over the Walmart Market, Sam's Clubs (even though there are over 500 of them) and a small handful of other store varieties they offer throughout this particular area of the globe.
Lets multiply these numbers and see what we get if Wal-Mart were to implement these in EVERY store in the United States. Mind you, this is also a company with the total asset value of over 180 billion USD:
706 discount stores with an average of 102000 sq ft. 72012000 sq ft.
3619 super centers with an average of 197000 sq ft. 712943000 sq ft.
Combined, the total is 784955000 sq ft.
The other reason I didn't count Sam's Clubs is to account for skylights. Even though Wal-Mart will ndoubtedly find a cheaper supplier for solar panels, we'll use this illustration for general purposes.
Taking the total square footage of these solar panels (18.33), we'll divide the total number of square feet of Wal-Mart's combined roofing by the approximate (rounded up, again accounting for skylights) square footage of the solar panel. The result is (rounded down) 42815727. That's the total number of solar panels needed. Not including labor, wiring, etc, the initial cost would be approximately 8 billion USD. Wal-Mart's revenue for 2011 was nearly 422 billion USD.
Taking the number of solar panels needed produce roughly 245 watts apiece. Remember that previous number? It's about to get a whole lot bigger. Roughly 10.49 billion watts is the total output. That translates to approximately 7.67 trillion killowat hours per month. Also, using Wal-Mart's own data we'll estimate 5400 homes times 3619 locations. The total minimum number of homes that could be powered is 19542600. The census bureau estimates there are 160 million homes in the united states. 19.5 million is approximately 12% of these homes powered by solar energy from Wal-Mart, not including other renewable energy ventures if they so chose. The excess power that could be sold on the grid by Wal-Mart alone would be enough to more than make up the cost in just over a few months, assuming the energy is redistributed at the cost of $.001 per killowatt hour to a major energy provider, and not directly to homes for twice that cost, which would still undercut most potential competitors by roughly 50%.
The fact that it seems you don't comprehend the enormous business potential behind such an obvious business venture bothers me to no end. It's right in front of you, yet you choose not to look. Goddamn, dude, I hope you're just toying with me.
But doesn't it stand to reason that a search engine would have its OWN results towards the top anyways? I think it also stands to reason that they WOULD charge a direct competitor more in the first place. I also find it a bit ironic that Microsoft would complain about price gouging when they have been known to charge upwards of $150 for an operating system.
They might actually become the real competition and/or supplier for power companies, consumers and/or businesses, depending on how much money can be made. This is what capitalism is truly about.
The simplest, and most effective solution would be to infect leukemia patients with HIV and induce leukemia in patients with HIV. It makes perfect sense. What could possibly go wrong?
But either we're going to be seeing something similar to snuff videos, or we're going to see a LOT more food porn involving processed meat products. Either way, I'm sure a lot of people will find themselves strangely aroused by this.
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When it comes to HP, they're already in such bad shape that a loss in revenue might actually save the company.
I propose that they should not only implement this idea, but to track down the offenders and subject them to a gratuitous full body cavity search. You should be glad they won't need or require your consent, as this will be for your own good.
Microsoft pretty much crippled the start menu with vista, and continued that particular downward spiral into 7. When you make something less efficient, people tend to use it less. The basic idea is that Microsoft is crying because they sat on their own fist. It's only a matter of time before they get rid of the GUI and give us back DOS. When that day arrives, technology will not be here to advance us, but only to usher in The New Dark Age that much more effectively. Enjoy your light fixtures while you still can.
You're fired.
Can I beg to "raise your mom"?
What happens if instead of accessing racy content, the user provides racy content to the Kinect? I would probably pull a Buffalo Bill/"Goodbye Horses" striptease and let nature take its course.
The real reason Microsoft is flagging Chrome as a virus. Since Chrome appears to be a legitimate threat to IE (unlike FF), if enough users believe that Chrome *IS* a virus, perhaps IE will reign undisputed King Of The Browsers.
However, with the ones that aren't usable, I would suggest ceremoniously throwing them into a volcano, thus appeasing The Ancient Earth Gods and preventing the simultaneous eruption of every volcano on December 22, 2012.
I was pretty certain after Mozilla started crapping on their userbase, along with numerous bugs and semi-critical flaws, that most people pretty much stopped using FF, except for those that still don't know any better. I'll truly be satisfied when I see Chrome overtake IE for the #1 spot. Once that happens, then the fanbase of the respective #2 and #3 spots can resume their internet slapfight over forums that nobody really cares about.
An accent that is detrimental to learning a specific language should not be allowed. Also, back in my day, we called that problem a speech *impediment*, because it IMPEDES proper and basic communication.
maps.google.com + pen + paper.
We won't see or hear about these breakthroughs again because there won't be any "profitable" method of distribution.
Taken directly from the article.
"UEFI, being a pseudo-operating system, can access all of the hardware on the computer — you can surf the internet from the UEFI interface, or backup your hard drives — and it even has a full, mouse-driven GUI (below right). The fact that all of this boot data is stored on NAND flash or on a hard drive means that there’s a lot more space for things like language localization, boot-time diagnostics (begone meaningless POST beeps!), utilities (backup, restore, malware scanners), and so on."
Unless the UEFI can be wiped FROM the underlying system (DOS, meet BIOS: they won't get rid of you, they'll just get better at hiding you from the base of heathen users), and users are GIVEN this option, this does not get rid of the possibility of rootkits. This just makes it laughably easier. Anyone who believes otherwise is clearly an idiot and has little to no understanding of actual system security. This will turn out to be little more than a prettied up version of DOS. I'm even willing to bet money on it.
I'm guessing your employer either ran out of money or resources to actually implement the project, or a few of the major players of the energy industry stepped in and said otherwise.
Actually, just so we can make this argument quite to the point, I'll do the math here for everyone to see. Unlike most of the posts on here, it might also look like I'm actually doing something productive, instead of trolling people for cheap laughs.
According to the article, Wal-Mart will be installing these solar grids on 130 stores. There are roughly 3619 locations in the US alone, and nearly 9000 worldwide. Some of these operate under different names, but that doesn't matter, it's still the same company. The discount centers average around 102000 sq ft, while the supercenters average approximately 197000 sq ft. Now, I'm not going to count the stores overseas, as that's a whole different ballgame with other energy regulatory commissions that delegate what is and isn't acceptable for their particular power grid/division. I'm also skipping over the Walmart Market, Sam's Clubs (even though there are over 500 of them) and a small handful of other store varieties they offer throughout this particular area of the globe.
Lets multiply these numbers and see what we get if Wal-Mart were to implement these in EVERY store in the United States. Mind you, this is also a company with the total asset value of over 180 billion USD:
706 discount stores with an average of 102000 sq ft. 72012000 sq ft.
3619 super centers with an average of 197000 sq ft. 712943000 sq ft.
Combined, the total is 784955000 sq ft.
The other reason I didn't count Sam's Clubs is to account for skylights. Even though Wal-Mart will ndoubtedly find a cheaper supplier for solar panels, we'll use this illustration for general purposes.
http://www.sunelec.com/sun-laminate-245-watts-3050-vmp-p-1590.html
Taking the total square footage of these solar panels (18.33), we'll divide the total number of square feet of Wal-Mart's combined roofing by the approximate (rounded up, again accounting for skylights) square footage of the solar panel. The result is (rounded down) 42815727. That's the total number of solar panels needed. Not including labor, wiring, etc, the initial cost would be approximately 8 billion USD. Wal-Mart's revenue for 2011 was nearly 422 billion USD.
Taking the number of solar panels needed produce roughly 245 watts apiece. Remember that previous number? It's about to get a whole lot bigger. Roughly 10.49 billion watts is the total output. That translates to approximately 7.67 trillion killowat hours per month. Also, using Wal-Mart's own data we'll estimate 5400 homes times 3619 locations. The total minimum number of homes that could be powered is 19542600. The census bureau estimates there are 160 million homes in the united states. 19.5 million is approximately 12% of these homes powered by solar energy from Wal-Mart, not including other renewable energy ventures if they so chose. The excess power that could be sold on the grid by Wal-Mart alone would be enough to more than make up the cost in just over a few months, assuming the energy is redistributed at the cost of $.001 per killowatt hour to a major energy provider, and not directly to homes for twice that cost, which would still undercut most potential competitors by roughly 50%.
The fact that it seems you don't comprehend the enormous business potential behind such an obvious business venture bothers me to no end. It's right in front of you, yet you choose not to look. Goddamn, dude, I hope you're just toying with me.
But doesn't it stand to reason that a search engine would have its OWN results towards the top anyways? I think it also stands to reason that they WOULD charge a direct competitor more in the first place. I also find it a bit ironic that Microsoft would complain about price gouging when they have been known to charge upwards of $150 for an operating system.
They already do, but skylights are only viable during DAYLIGHT hours.
They might actually become the real competition and/or supplier for power companies, consumers and/or businesses, depending on how much money can be made. This is what capitalism is truly about.
This is also why I don't usually send anything from my yahoo mail account. If someone needs to get in contact with me, they have my phone number.
By going after these ponzi schemes, the U.S. government might be able to actually fund social security.
The simplest, and most effective solution would be to infect leukemia patients with HIV and induce leukemia in patients with HIV. It makes perfect sense. What could possibly go wrong?
That was pretty much what I was getting at lol
But either we're going to be seeing something similar to snuff videos, or we're going to see a LOT more food porn involving processed meat products. Either way, I'm sure a lot of people will find themselves strangely aroused by this.
But wouldn't using a BIOS password pretty much put a quick end to this? Ignoring backdoor/default passwords, of course.
But wouldn't the use of a BIOS password pretty much put a quick end to this? Ignoring backdoor/default passwords, of course.
I can't wait to see this in action., but they should stop teasing us and at least release an example of what kind of coding scheme to expect.