I'm a bit of a fan of Godzilla, but there are so many Godzilla movies that now the whole idea has been cheapened. The worst part is none of them are really that good. Some are just really bad. The original was bad as well, but that kind of added to it's charm. When you have 28 bad films, the joke is not too funny anymore. I hope Godzilla stays on the shelf until it's really ready to come back.
Most of these certifications are useless in the real world. In most cases, if you can write a check, you can get a certification. I have a friend who got strait A's with honors at Heald College. When he graduated, not only was he unable to find a job, but he got fired from an unpaid internship. All his "training" as a computer tech was completely useless. He fried, not one, but two motherboards during his first attempt to build a computer after graduating.
Maybe I should open my own school in my garage and print certifications out on my bubblejet.
I have trouble believing that there is no detrimental effect. Let's a assume for a minute that there is no direct psychological harm done; perhaps it is even a little bit beneficial. Which is more physicly beneficial: Sitting in front of a monitor all day, or going out playing a game of basketball with a couple friends? Almost anything that involves other humans is more physicly beneficial simply because it makes you get out of the chair. Even going to a LAN party requires you get up, get moving and carry your computer out to the car. Its well known that the body affects the mind, just like the mind affects the body. Their study says there is no harm, but as compared to what? Lying in bed all day?
If the screw fits and gets the job done, does it really matter? Once all the screws are tightly in place they're not going anywhere. Put the shell back on and no one would ever know you put the PCI screw on your hard drive, nor would they care....And if they did care they might have a strange fetish and I wouldn't trust them alone with my computer.
India's tech is booming. Japan has all the cutting edge electronics and technologies. China is destined to be the next super power. Korea is trying to get nukes. The USA has mad cow disease, a puppet for a president, a huge debt, a slow economy and we're spending billions more on rebuilding a country that we destroyed while looking for weapons that didn't exist. Times are changing. Maybe considering India as a future isn't such a bad idea.
A while back when we were comparing different formats and players for cross browser compatibility we found that the quicktime plugin was the ONLY one that consistantly worked properly across Netscape 4.x/6.x+ and IE. Windows Media Player 6.4/7.x crashed several times on certain formats and would sometimes lock the browser or the entire machine. Real Media was in second place but still far short of the quicktime plugin. Apple hasn't done everything right, but they certainly haven't done everything wrong.
I owned 2 CD based MP3 players before I bought my NEX II Compactflash player. I like the NEX II much much more, even though I only have 256MB of space. I can also jog with my NEX II, which is something I could never do with my CD based player. Even with 40 seconds of antiskip the CD player still managed to skip on occasion while I was walking, let alone jogging. I think it was Compaq that came out with an MP3 player that took mini CDs. If that has decent battery life and can be jogged with, that might be a winner as well. I prefer the flash based players much more than CD, and I think I might have to pick up an IPod Mini soon. I guess it all comes down to your own personal needs and budget.
Speaking of budget, think about how much money you saved by downloading those MP3s instead of buying the CDs. Evil? Maybe, but I think it more than covers the cost of an IPod.
I currently have a NEX II, which I am happy with. It works quite well and has excellent battery life. My only problem with it is the firmware is HORRIBLE. And still horrible even after all the firmware upgrades. Apple has award winning software on their player, and in the long run I think this makes a big difference.
There are a few things about the IPod Mini I don't like. The price is not attractive, but there is that old saying, "You get what you pay for.", and I think that's true. I also mentioned before that it doesn't come in white. I would really really like one in white and I hope they come out with that. I am also a bit concerned with the battery or harddrive going bad. It's quite expensive to replace that battery if it dies and I don't know if you can replace the harddrive if that dies. I don't want to have to buy a whole new unit if my harddrive busts while I'm jogging with it.
BTW, does anyone know if jogging will hurt the HD in the IPod Mini?
I think Dell is still a bit behind Apple in this arena. The IPod Mini looks bad ass and I'm hearing nothing but good reviews. I think I'll have to pick on up one of these days. My only wish is that the IPod Mini came in white. Silver is close, but it's not white.
Until a 64-bit version of Windows comes out, I don't see this mattering all that much. 64-bit doesn't mean anything to the masses of end users, just the developers. I don't care if my computer is 2-bit or 1000-bit as long as it works well.
I don't understand the motivation behind the creation of this virus. This doesn't just affect SCO; it also affects the users this person is fighting for. Maybe SCO isn't doing the right thing, but taking down their website and infecting thousands of users with a virus probably isn't going to change their mind much.
The internet has great power, indeed. But this power is not without detriment, namely to privacy. While I may sleep a little better knowing a fugative has been brought to justice, I am also worried about how my own personal information may be widely available to those who would use it maliciously. Not trying to make any conclusions here; just food for thought.
I run a couple websites and a large portion of my user base is kids in the range of 14-17. Collecting cash from them has always been a problem. Some would opt to send in cash, but this has problems as well. I can see this becoming very popular if it gets implemented well.
GNAA is just a bunch of white kids. You know none of them are ever getting laid because they're too busy pretending to be black fags to ever score a chick. Fuck the GNAA.
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I used to use AOHell back in the day. Does this qualify me as a script kiddie?
How am I going to stick that thing into an ATM?
I'm a bit of a fan of Godzilla, but there are so many Godzilla movies that now the whole idea has been cheapened. The worst part is none of them are really that good. Some are just really bad. The original was bad as well, but that kind of added to it's charm. When you have 28 bad films, the joke is not too funny anymore. I hope Godzilla stays on the shelf until it's really ready to come back.
Bla bla bla bla... No one is listening, so just stfu plz. kthxbye.
Most of these certifications are useless in the real world. In most cases, if you can write a check, you can get a certification. I have a friend who got strait A's with honors at Heald College. When he graduated, not only was he unable to find a job, but he got fired from an unpaid internship. All his "training" as a computer tech was completely useless. He fried, not one, but two motherboards during his first attempt to build a computer after graduating.
Maybe I should open my own school in my garage and print certifications out on my bubblejet.
Same would apply to someone who is just really really ugly. Of course there are exceptions, but I'm speaking of the general populous.
Does this mean they are removing all the bloated features that no one actually uses? Or are they just disabling them and leaving the bloat in place?
I have trouble believing that there is no detrimental effect. Let's a assume for a minute that there is no direct psychological harm done; perhaps it is even a little bit beneficial. Which is more physicly beneficial: Sitting in front of a monitor all day, or going out playing a game of basketball with a couple friends? Almost anything that involves other humans is more physicly beneficial simply because it makes you get out of the chair. Even going to a LAN party requires you get up, get moving and carry your computer out to the car. Its well known that the body affects the mind, just like the mind affects the body. Their study says there is no harm, but as compared to what? Lying in bed all day?
Buy some lingerie that he will like. The kind of stuff that he thought was hot, but you thought was trashy and tasteless, is the perfect choice.
If the screw fits and gets the job done, does it really matter? Once all the screws are tightly in place they're not going anywhere. Put the shell back on and no one would ever know you put the PCI screw on your hard drive, nor would they care. ...And if they did care they might have a strange fetish and I wouldn't trust them alone with my computer.
India's tech is booming. Japan has all the cutting edge electronics and technologies. China is destined to be the next super power. Korea is trying to get nukes. The USA has mad cow disease, a puppet for a president, a huge debt, a slow economy and we're spending billions more on rebuilding a country that we destroyed while looking for weapons that didn't exist. Times are changing. Maybe considering India as a future isn't such a bad idea.
A while back when we were comparing different formats and players for cross browser compatibility we found that the quicktime plugin was the ONLY one that consistantly worked properly across Netscape 4.x/6.x+ and IE. Windows Media Player 6.4/7.x crashed several times on certain formats and would sometimes lock the browser or the entire machine. Real Media was in second place but still far short of the quicktime plugin. Apple hasn't done everything right, but they certainly haven't done everything wrong.
Karma to spare, biatch!
And you should too!
I owned 2 CD based MP3 players before I bought my NEX II Compactflash player. I like the NEX II much much more, even though I only have 256MB of space. I can also jog with my NEX II, which is something I could never do with my CD based player. Even with 40 seconds of antiskip the CD player still managed to skip on occasion while I was walking, let alone jogging. I think it was Compaq that came out with an MP3 player that took mini CDs. If that has decent battery life and can be jogged with, that might be a winner as well. I prefer the flash based players much more than CD, and I think I might have to pick up an IPod Mini soon. I guess it all comes down to your own personal needs and budget.
Speaking of budget, think about how much money you saved by downloading those MP3s instead of buying the CDs. Evil? Maybe, but I think it more than covers the cost of an IPod.
Say what now?
I currently have a NEX II, which I am happy with. It works quite well and has excellent battery life. My only problem with it is the firmware is HORRIBLE. And still horrible even after all the firmware upgrades. Apple has award winning software on their player, and in the long run I think this makes a big difference.
There are a few things about the IPod Mini I don't like. The price is not attractive, but there is that old saying, "You get what you pay for.", and I think that's true. I also mentioned before that it doesn't come in white. I would really really like one in white and I hope they come out with that. I am also a bit concerned with the battery or harddrive going bad. It's quite expensive to replace that battery if it dies and I don't know if you can replace the harddrive if that dies. I don't want to have to buy a whole new unit if my harddrive busts while I'm jogging with it.
BTW, does anyone know if jogging will hurt the HD in the IPod Mini?
I think Dell is still a bit behind Apple in this arena. The IPod Mini looks bad ass and I'm hearing nothing but good reviews. I think I'll have to pick on up one of these days. My only wish is that the IPod Mini came in white. Silver is close, but it's not white.
Until a 64-bit version of Windows comes out, I don't see this mattering all that much. 64-bit doesn't mean anything to the masses of end users, just the developers. I don't care if my computer is 2-bit or 1000-bit as long as it works well.
I don't understand the motivation behind the creation of this virus. This doesn't just affect SCO; it also affects the users this person is fighting for. Maybe SCO isn't doing the right thing, but taking down their website and infecting thousands of users with a virus probably isn't going to change their mind much.
The internet has great power, indeed. But this power is not without detriment, namely to privacy. While I may sleep a little better knowing a fugative has been brought to justice, I am also worried about how my own personal information may be widely available to those who would use it maliciously. Not trying to make any conclusions here; just food for thought.
I just finished patching all my servers from the last release. Back to work for me.
I run a couple websites and a large portion of my user base is kids in the range of 14-17. Collecting cash from them has always been a problem. Some would opt to send in cash, but this has problems as well. I can see this becoming very popular if it gets implemented well.
GNAA is just a bunch of white kids. You know none of them are ever getting laid because they're too busy pretending to be black fags to ever score a chick. Fuck the GNAA.
Shouldn't talk that way or the GNAA might crush you! GNAA is too leet!! I ph34r! I ph34r!