And here I've deliberately left my WAP open to the public in the hopes that people would use it for illegal purposes so as to hide my own evil activities behind theirs... sadly I've had no takers yet... I guess there aren't too many evil war drivers in a town of 6200.
Quite true! It's amazing what kind of things you can find in student handbooks. I once learned that it's still rape even if she says yes while drunk (at least according to the school rules).
Dare I say it, I enjoy reading such things just to see what has been slipped in over the years and what can be used to ones advantage. I once had a complaint against me thrown out as the school violated its own rules with regards to handling it (ie they were required to deal with my 'offence' within 10 working days and instead took 3.5 weeks).
Also similar to the "I didn't know smoking was bad for me" argument, or the more recent "I didn't know that eating McDonalds twice a day could make me fat."
It's a shame that there are so many in the world who refuse to take responsibility for their actions.
You say that with the sureness of a person who has lived with a physical addiction first hand and has overcome it, and frankly, I am insulted by what you said, simply because you no nothing of what you are trying to talk about.
As a person who has known many people who have struggled with addiction and some of whom have beaten them, I can say that you are completely full of crap on what you said above. Of those people I've known, not one has been a weak minded or weak willed person as I do not associate with the weak in such a way. Such an addiction, while unfortunate and destructive, is their own fault in almost all cases yes, that does not mean they can simply fix a problem they created for themselves.
With vigilance people can control thier adictions just as easy as they can thier car (if they couldn't then there would be no rehab places or programs).
If people could overcome an addiction so easily, there would be no need for rehab programs! I don't recall anyone ever going to a support group of having to be sedated during withdrawal because they sold their car for instance. With such a statement you continue to prove yourself as completely ignorant regarding addiction.
Are you saying then that a 14 year old who tries a cigarette thinking it's cool and ends up becoming a chain smoker wanted to get addicted? I can virtually guarantee you that the thought of addiction did not enter into their mind, irresponsible yes, but they are young and make mistakes. It is sadly one of those mistakes which can haunt you for many years to come.
Go ask a smoker on the street corner if they ever intended to get addicted. Ask the same of a crack addict or an alcoholic. The universal answer will be NO!
You can sell yourself into slavery of sorts, in this case to an addictive substance and the slave drivers that produce and sell them... just so long as said substance is legal.
a large part of Word usage is with people collaborating on writing something. That isn't a few percent of Word users, it is probably the majority of Word users
I too shall now use no facts other then my own opinion (like your parent poster) to try to prove a point...
I, nor anyone else do I know, either personally nor professionally use any built in Word tools for collaboration on writing something more then just saving a file and sending it back and forth with the only version control being the older versions in their inbox. Nyeh
You don't think that a large part of the reason many documents on the web are being distributed in PDF format is because PDF is for the most part a read only format?
PDF can handle a much more advanced layout than a DOC can.
PDF can have areas available for input for filling out simple forms with out risk of miss formatting the rest of the document.
PDF can be locked so as to prevent casual modification of the file so that a distributor can worry less about a file being modified and redistributed in an undesirable way.
PDF ultimately gives the file creator control over the file.
DOC on the other hand is a general purpose format. No, it doesn't do everything, I don't think anyone would claim it does. Doc can do a lot of what most people need, and what it does, it does fairly well. It is because of this general purposes-ness and wide support that it continues to hang on. I will grant you though that MS's market dominance plays a part in that as well.
As the majority of desktops today are Windows based, I shall use them in my example.
Ex: Install a clean copy of Windows, any desktop version of Windows, 95 through XP. Try to open a PDF. What? You need to download and install Acrobat? Now try to open a DOC. What do you know, wordpad opened it right up for you!
I'd be curious to know how long you define a moment as.
They have been the standard for corporate word processing for many years and will most likely continue to be so for years to come. That is quite a long moment.
Granted, there are niches, WordPerfect is still heavily used at law firms. I used to work for one years ago and nearly everyone had a copy of Word, WordPerfect and a full version of Acrobat. Why? Because some judges had requirements for electronically submitted documents (ie, some would not accept a document in a.doc format as they could not read it and only would read things in PDF for example).
Regardless of how superior a new format may be, the fact that many use MS software means that many will stick with MS formats because they are nearly ubiquitous.
I know I'm going to get flamed for this, however...
Ex: Many claim Ogg is a superior format to AAC, MP3, WMA and others, however the fact that it is not supported by as many pieces of software and hardware limit its use. The reason that MP3, a format which many claim is inferior to nearly everything continues to thrive is because an MP3 works nearly everywhere, just as a.doc.
I miss the days of 2.0 with it's built in dialer under Windows 3.1 and which I had purchased for 50 dollars at Best Buy *sniffle*. Even when I used it on Windows 95 I was so happy... then your cursed 3 came a long and ruined our love affair!
If this unit was Microsoft made, the OS would be blamed left and right.
Ahh, at least I'm not the only one here who sees the double standard.
* Anything Linux Based Product: Good! * Any Linux Bug: Unskilled and/or incompetent Users * Anything Window Based Product: Bad! * Any Windows Bug: Unskilled and/or incompetent coders
To quote what I think is the greatest book ever (Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand):
"Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed?... We want them broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against - then you'll know that this is not the age for beautiful gestures. We're after power and we mean it. You fellows were pikers, but we know the real trick, and you'd better get wise to it. There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power a government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted - and you create a nation of law-breakers - and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game."
And now, to my thoughts:
And there we have the underlying philosophy related to many drug laws. Once we have a blanket full of laws and penalties that many are likely to come up against now and then, we must differentiate them with the severity of their penalties, make the truly horrific punishments be those which no 'normal' upstanding citizen could ever commit, make them feel safe that they will never have to face life in prison or the chair for their vices, you leave them free to feel safe in their own law breaking knowing that the penalty for the minor things they do is trivial, but ultimately keep them feeling just guilty enough to keep them inline.
Yes, I know it's so bad that I believe that a company should be able to profit from work they do, IP they create.
Yes, I know that that is an unpopular opinion at times on Slashdot, however I'd remind you that this is a principal that the US is founded on, the concept of exclusive ownership and use (albeit for a 'limited' time).
Quite true, but I would expect that the IP created for the HFR (Huge Fast Router) could be applied to other Cisco products in the near future with a higher product margin.
Back at my old U we had a pair of sun servers, on a 4 proc machine I'd throw 3-4 instances up and let em each have their own CPU for as long as they were running (no scripts to kill em involved).
Trying to be a lil more clever though (in a way), I changed the app names so they wouldn't appear as seti, and every now and then the admin would see what looked like run away procs and kill em... and a lil later I'd rerun em.
At a later date, a hardware memory error (ie one of the dimms started to break down) occurred and they tried to use my seti usage as an excuse for it... so they got me to stop.
True... and I could give my money to one charity vs another which you or others might think is a better cause... regardless of merit, I spend my dollars and CPU cycles where I choose.
Just because the servers are there doesn't mean the are being used by locals.
It is very likely that a good % of those Viagra spams we all so love may be sent from a Chinese server, but it is nearly as likely that they are being initially sent from the US in the first place.
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And here I've deliberately left my WAP open to the public in the hopes that people would use it for illegal purposes so as to hide my own evil activities behind theirs... sadly I've had no takers yet... I guess there aren't too many evil war drivers in a town of 6200.
Quite true! It's amazing what kind of things you can find in student handbooks. I once learned that it's still rape even if she says yes while drunk (at least according to the school rules).
Dare I say it, I enjoy reading such things just to see what has been slipped in over the years and what can be used to ones advantage. I once had a complaint against me thrown out as the school violated its own rules with regards to handling it (ie they were required to deal with my 'offence' within 10 working days and instead took 3.5 weeks).
Also similar to the "I didn't know smoking was bad for me" argument, or the more recent "I didn't know that eating McDonalds twice a day could make me fat."
It's a shame that there are so many in the world who refuse to take responsibility for their actions.
4.) Become further hated and mistrusted by geeks everywhere for getting their hopes up in their desire to have a inexpensive and powerful iPod clone.
You say that with the sureness of a person who has lived with a physical addiction first hand and has overcome it, and frankly, I am insulted by what you said, simply because you no nothing of what you are trying to talk about.
As a person who has known many people who have struggled with addiction and some of whom have beaten them, I can say that you are completely full of crap on what you said above. Of those people I've known, not one has been a weak minded or weak willed person as I do not associate with the weak in such a way. Such an addiction, while unfortunate and destructive, is their own fault in almost all cases yes, that does not mean they can simply fix a problem they created for themselves.
With vigilance people can control thier adictions just as easy as they can thier car (if they couldn't then there would be no rehab places or programs).
If people could overcome an addiction so easily, there would be no need for rehab programs! I don't recall anyone ever going to a support group of having to be sedated during withdrawal because they sold their car for instance. With such a statement you continue to prove yourself as completely ignorant regarding addiction.
Are you saying then that a 14 year old who tries a cigarette thinking it's cool and ends up becoming a chain smoker wanted to get addicted? I can virtually guarantee you that the thought of addiction did not enter into their mind, irresponsible yes, but they are young and make mistakes. It is sadly one of those mistakes which can haunt you for many years to come.
Go ask a smoker on the street corner if they ever intended to get addicted. Ask the same of a crack addict or an alcoholic. The universal answer will be NO!
Because they are based in California and are ultimately bound by the laws of that state.
Even if that weren't the case, it wouldn't be the first time that a law body as tried to regulate something outside of its jurisdiction.
... and yet cigarettes and caffeine are legal.
You can sell yourself into slavery of sorts, in this case to an addictive substance and the slave drivers that produce and sell them... just so long as said substance is legal.
Perhaps now we'll see Google move their operations and offices to India.
Don't forget:
a large part of Word usage is with people collaborating on writing something. That isn't a few percent of Word users, it is probably the majority of Word users
I too shall now use no facts other then my own opinion (like your parent poster) to try to prove a point...
I, nor anyone else do I know, either personally nor professionally use any built in Word tools for collaboration on writing something more then just saving a file and sending it back and forth with the only version control being the older versions in their inbox. Nyeh
You don't think that a large part of the reason many documents on the web are being distributed in PDF format is because PDF is for the most part a read only format?
PDF can handle a much more advanced layout than a DOC can.
PDF can have areas available for input for filling out simple forms with out risk of miss formatting the rest of the document.
PDF can be locked so as to prevent casual modification of the file so that a distributor can worry less about a file being modified and redistributed in an undesirable way.
PDF ultimately gives the file creator control over the file.
DOC on the other hand is a general purpose format. No, it doesn't do everything, I don't think anyone would claim it does. Doc can do a lot of what most people need, and what it does, it does fairly well. It is because of this general purposes-ness and wide support that it continues to hang on. I will grant you though that MS's market dominance plays a part in that as well.
As the majority of desktops today are Windows based, I shall use them in my example.
Ex: Install a clean copy of Windows, any desktop version of Windows, 95 through XP. Try to open a PDF. What? You need to download and install Acrobat? Now try to open a DOC. What do you know, wordpad opened it right up for you!
The standard however is on the moment M$
.doc format as they could not read it and only would read things in PDF for example).
I'd be curious to know how long you define a moment as.
They have been the standard for corporate word processing for many years and will most likely continue to be so for years to come. That is quite a long moment.
Granted, there are niches, WordPerfect is still heavily used at law firms. I used to work for one years ago and nearly everyone had a copy of Word, WordPerfect and a full version of Acrobat. Why? Because some judges had requirements for electronically submitted documents (ie, some would not accept a document in a
Regardless of how superior a new format may be, the fact that many use MS software means that many will stick with MS formats because they are nearly ubiquitous.
.doc.
I know I'm going to get flamed for this, however...
Ex: Many claim Ogg is a superior format to AAC, MP3, WMA and others, however the fact that it is not supported by as many pieces of software and hardware limit its use. The reason that MP3, a format which many claim is inferior to nearly everything continues to thrive is because an MP3 works nearly everywhere, just as a
So in the end... death awaits us if we all go to FOSS and it ultimately wins?
3? 3 began the downward spiral!
I miss the days of 2.0 with it's built in dialer under Windows 3.1 and which I had purchased for 50 dollars at Best Buy *sniffle*. Even when I used it on Windows 95 I was so happy... then your cursed 3 came a long and ruined our love affair!
If this unit was Microsoft made, the OS would be blamed left and right.
Ahh, at least I'm not the only one here who sees the double standard.
* Anything Linux Based Product: Good!
* Any Linux Bug: Unskilled and/or incompetent Users
* Anything Window Based Product: Bad!
* Any Windows Bug: Unskilled and/or incompetent coders
To quote what I think is the greatest book ever (Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand):
... We want them broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against - then you'll know that this is not the age for beautiful gestures. We're after power and we mean it. You fellows were pikers, but we know the real trick, and you'd better get wise to it. There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power a government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted - and you create a nation of law-breakers - and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game."
"Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed?
And now, to my thoughts:
And there we have the underlying philosophy related to many drug laws. Once we have a blanket full of laws and penalties that many are likely to come up against now and then, we must differentiate them with the severity of their penalties, make the truly horrific punishments be those which no 'normal' upstanding citizen could ever commit, make them feel safe that they will never have to face life in prison or the chair for their vices, you leave them free to feel safe in their own law breaking knowing that the penalty for the minor things they do is trivial, but ultimately keep them feeling just guilty enough to keep them inline.
We call that The Simpsons: Hit & Run.
Or english fanatics (ie there is an english text book I had in high school which was simply labeled 2600)
Yes, I know it's so bad that I believe that a company should be able to profit from work they do, IP they create.
Yes, I know that that is an unpopular opinion at times on Slashdot, however I'd remind you that this is a principal that the US is founded on, the concept of exclusive ownership and use (albeit for a 'limited' time).
Quite true, but I would expect that the IP created for the HFR (Huge Fast Router) could be applied to other Cisco products in the near future with a higher product margin.
Does this mean that ET will not need government approval to set down at this space port?
And now we all DoS their site as we try to load that image to see if it really does work...
It seems to be good, just an awful slow load (which no doubt is intentional to measure the length of your 'reading' of the e-mail).
You are nicer than I ever was!
Back at my old U we had a pair of sun servers, on a 4 proc machine I'd throw 3-4 instances up and let em each have their own CPU for as long as they were running (no scripts to kill em involved).
Trying to be a lil more clever though (in a way), I changed the app names so they wouldn't appear as seti, and every now and then the admin would see what looked like run away procs and kill em... and a lil later I'd rerun em.
At a later date, a hardware memory error (ie one of the dimms started to break down) occurred and they tried to use my seti usage as an excuse for it... so they got me to stop.
True... and I could give my money to one charity vs another which you or others might think is a better cause... regardless of merit, I spend my dollars and CPU cycles where I choose.
Remember the title of the article you linked to?
71% of Spam Servers are Located in China
Just because the servers are there doesn't mean the are being used by locals.
It is very likely that a good % of those Viagra spams we all so love may be sent from a Chinese server, but it is nearly as likely that they are being initially sent from the US in the first place.