Back when I was 8 or so, most of my friends and classmates had some sort of computer at home, be it a Commodore 64/Amiga, an XT/286 or something like that. Spent quite a lot of time exchanging dos games on 5 1/4' floppies back then too. And this was a good 8 or 9 years before 95 came out.
And spamfighters, since spammers have to have reachable domains for their "customers" to locate them. Even if they disguise them, they still need to have some kind of web presence that the "customers" will find credible, and that provides a hook to locate them.
Hasn't spamming already been classified as a crime in a lot of places, hence making the information available to duly authorized authorities with a warrant?
According to the Financial Times, this direct profit per Wii sold may vary from $13 in Japan to $49 in the United States and $79 in Europe. This always pisses me off. Assuming these figures are in any way accurate, this effectively means gamers in the US and Europe (especially the UK) are effectively subsidising lower costs in Japan. How the hell is that legal? Or am I missing something? By what streak of logic are we subsidizing anything? They make a profit in Japan, and they make more profit in the USA and Europe. Consumers pay what they apparently feel the thing is worth.
Don't forget they have actually had a number of terror related incidents... more than one the US has had.
Ok, so what you're saying is that terrorist activity excuses the kind of draconian measures being taken?
Let's take a good look at that word "terrorist" again. Terror...had something to do with being very afraid, doesn't it? So if one goes completely apeshit and implements all sorts of ridiculous measures...who's winning again?
The Dr. Frankenstein of the novel is not really any different than the ones doing monstrous experiments like the one described in TFA: he has what he considers to be good motivations, but the bottom line is that he's doing a monstrous thing because he can, and that's all the justification he needs. And of course, "For the greater good" has always been used to justify all manner of atrocities.
Taking the above out of the context of TFA and your Mengele reference for a moment, the only thing the good doctor did wrong would be stealing the parts, imo.
Heck, if a modern scientist could get a number of people to sign off on their bodies after death and he'd be able to lego a fresh body together from their bodyparts and use a nice jolt of power to get it alive...oh wait, we already do that anyway.
"B. something completely unexpected happening to show that a handful of individuals can make a huge difference in a world-changing way."
Two words: Al Queda.
Give me a break. They killed a bunch of people, tore down some buildings with high symbolic value...and that's pretty much it. Yeah, they shocked the world, but if it hadn't been for the mass sensationalism and rabid irrational fear that followed we wouldn't find ourselves in the situation we're in right now.
Everything that followed was not caused by them, they were merely a convenient excuse. "They hate use for our freedom!" So let's all cut down on that, and maybe they'll hate us less?
But under what possible circumstances is the President's future itinerary a key component of a lawsuit defense?
"I do not intend to have sex with that woman on that date and time. Look, my itinerary says where I'll be on said date and time, but it's classified, mkay?"
From an engineering perspective but not from a marketing perspective. What is the easily communicated value that more than overcomes the network effect of Windows' accumulated user knowledge (already knows how to use Windows and Office)
Speaking as someone who's just had to switch from Office 2000 to 2007, at this point I'm seriously considering going for OO instead. I'll have to pretty much learn how to use the damn suite all over again anyway, might as well get the right thing while I'm at it.
The Incredibles is awesome, in my opinion. The characters were just...i don't know, easy to relate to somehow? Good dose of humor, didn't take itself too seriously, nice pacing, the works.
I'm replying to myself just to point out to all you that think I'm wrong, why I'm right. I'll explain it a completely different way.
Same scenario. Object has twice the mass as object A. They are both traveling at 40km/h. Let's assume that the various friction and resistance reduce its speed by 10km/h/h. (Yes, that's unrealistic, but it doesn't matter). That's true for BOTH objects because the mass doesn't matter. Now, if they are both decelerating at 10km/h/h, then to maintain their speed, they need to accelerate at 10km/h/h. This way the acceleration and deceleration cancel out and we maintain 40km/h.
With me so far? Hopefully. Now, as has already been discussed, a heavier object takes more energy to accelerate.
Therefore, it takes more energy to maintain the velocity of a heavier object, because it takes more energy to accelerate, and (by the numbers) you have to constantly accelerate to overcome the forces that are slowing you down.
But since the heavier object has a lot more kinetic energy, it won't decelerate at 10km/h/h....you need more energy to get it up to speed but you *also* need more force/energy to slow it down...otherwise SUV's would come with bicycle brakes.
Lately, I've heard that thrown around more and more as fact. Are there any studies indicating that?
Considering that most Aspergers symptoms can be summarized as "being an insensitive jerk" and that geeks are still predominantly guys...there's definitely a grain of truth in it. The question is where you draw the line between being "an Asperger" and "just a complete asshole". And yeah, I'm talking from personal experience.
Because the bush administration tortured people in violation of the geneva convention, will you hand over bush, cheney, rice, powell, ??? to the hague for trial for crimes against humanity as required by international law?
In amendment to H.R. 1646, The Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 2001
"Section 638(a) of the DeLay Amendment (the section in question) reads:
(a) AUTHORITY- The President is authorized to use all means necessary and appropriate to bring about the release from captivity of any person described in subsection (b) who is being detained or imprisoned against that person's will by or on behalf of the International Criminal Court. "
So, ehmm, how about you guys sort your own crap out and keep your criminals right there?;-)
Hah, you think? The *real* reason is that when a cute french girl speaks english, no matter how poorly, the accent is absolutely &%^&#^$^& hot.
Dutch sounds a lot better with a good helping of french accent applied as well, btw.
But seriously, one of the major issues is that fact the all french tv is dubbed instead of subtitled, much like german tv btw. And if you want to get a feel for just how awful an experience this is for someone who isn't used to it, try imagining visiting another country and seeing someone watch, say, Amelie Poulin(great film) or even Taxi dubbed in german.
Hearing and speaking it regularly is the only way to make progress in a language, the stuff at school is just the basic foundation to start off from.
Not that it's feasible to go without electricity or roads, but lots of people get along just fine without the Internet. (I would suffer withdrawl and shrivel up and die, like a vampire exposed to sunlight. Actually, I also do that when exposed to sunlight. But that's a separate issue. Point is, it's not a "bread and water" kind of necessity.
I'd argue that right now in certain countries it's already a must-have, much like a telephone. 10 years ago a resume without a phonenumber on it would have been frowned upon, these days the same pretty much applies to one without an e-mail address.
Certain purchases can only be made through the web, etc. etc.
Over here in pot-and-hooker country we're already starting to reach the point where the government pretty much considers internet connections on par with roads, power lines, etc. etc. iow, a vital part of the infrastructure. Cable companies are already having to anticipate a future where they will be forced to give up their monopolies and allow other service providers to make use of the existing infrastructure for offering various digital services.
Ofcourse this goes against a lot of free market ideas and is a lot more feasible because the Netherlands is such a small country, and we're a bunch of pink commies anyway, but in the end it does mean the consumer gets more choice.
Bah, at the rate the oil price goes up and the dollar goes down compared to the Euro, pretty soon we'll be paying $4 a bloody liter...and folks wonder why I don't bother getting a driver's license.
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Back when I was 8 or so, most of my friends and classmates had some sort of computer at home, be it a Commodore 64/Amiga, an XT/286 or something like that. Spent quite a lot of time exchanging dos games on 5 1/4' floppies back then too. And this was a good 8 or 9 years before 95 came out.
And spamfighters, since spammers have to have reachable domains for their "customers" to locate them. Even if they disguise them, they still need to have some kind of web presence that the "customers" will find credible, and that provides a hook to locate them.
Hasn't spamming already been classified as a crime in a lot of places, hence making the information available to duly authorized authorities with a warrant?
Waiting at the ride exit playing solitaire while my wife takes our 5 and 10 year olds on the rides is a preferable alternative to projectile vomiting.
How about waiting at the ride exit while waving and actually paying attention to them having fun?
Seriously, if you need to play solitaire to pass the time in an amusement park...just don't go at all.
A new invention brings fame to its creator and lots of people will do it for the fame only.
True, but the same doesn't apply to the big corp funding the creator...
So basically, you're telling me that a whole lot of CEOs, doctors, their investors, etc:
Don't forget some of them would go down in history as "the guys that cured AIDS". That's hardly a bad legacy to attach to one's family name...
I tend to prefer having the MORE stable OS be the one with direct hardware access, and the flakier OS standing on the other's shoulders.
But what if the flaky OS also has smelly feet besides dandruff?
Don't forget they have actually had a number of terror related incidents... more than one the US has had.
Ok, so what you're saying is that terrorist activity excuses the kind of draconian measures being taken?
Let's take a good look at that word "terrorist" again. Terror...had something to do with being very afraid, doesn't it? So if one goes completely apeshit and implements all sorts of ridiculous measures...who's winning again?
Really? I thought the bass player was the tall quiet guy standing in the back who ends up with the guitar player's girlfriend in the end?
And yes, I'm tall, and relatively quiet, and I own a terrific '74 Ibanez. Now all I need is a guiter player with a nice girlfriend.
The population or businesses and computers figure?
*Pictures black helicopters performing airstrikes on server farms*
The Dr. Frankenstein of the novel is not really any different than the ones doing monstrous experiments like the one described in TFA: he has what he considers to be good motivations, but the bottom line is that he's doing a monstrous thing because he can, and that's all the justification he needs. And of course, "For the greater good" has always been used to justify all manner of atrocities.
Taking the above out of the context of TFA and your Mengele reference for a moment, the only thing the good doctor did wrong would be stealing the parts, imo.
Heck, if a modern scientist could get a number of people to sign off on their bodies after death and he'd be able to lego a fresh body together from their bodyparts and use a nice jolt of power to get it alive...oh wait, we already do that anyway.
"B. something completely unexpected happening to show that a handful of individuals can make a huge difference in a world-changing way."
Two words: Al Queda.
Give me a break. They killed a bunch of people, tore down some buildings with high symbolic value...and that's pretty much it. Yeah, they shocked the world, but if it hadn't been for the mass sensationalism and rabid irrational fear that followed we wouldn't find ourselves in the situation we're in right now.
Everything that followed was not caused by them, they were merely a convenient excuse. "They hate use for our freedom!" So let's all cut down on that, and maybe they'll hate us less?
1 in 6 is "most of the time"? Remind me to invite you to a chance-based gambling game some day ;-)
But under what possible circumstances is the President's future itinerary a key component of a lawsuit defense?
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"I do not intend to have sex with that woman on that date and time. Look, my itinerary says where I'll be on said date and time, but it's classified, mkay?"
Sorry, couldn't resist
Test #1, does this guy have:
;-)
a) a sense of humour
b) enough self-esteem to take a joke at his own expense
Crude as it may be, think of it as a personality experiment
Ok, so let the free market sort it...laser-guided rocket launchers on all commercial airliners!
From an engineering perspective but not from a marketing perspective. What is the easily communicated value that more than overcomes the network effect of Windows' accumulated user knowledge (already knows how to use Windows and Office)
Speaking as someone who's just had to switch from Office 2000 to 2007, at this point I'm seriously considering going for OO instead. I'll have to pretty much learn how to use the damn suite all over again anyway, might as well get the right thing while I'm at it.
The Incredibles is awesome, in my opinion. The characters were just...i don't know, easy to relate to somehow? Good dose of humor, didn't take itself too seriously, nice pacing, the works.
I'm replying to myself just to point out to all you that think I'm wrong, why I'm right. I'll explain it a completely different way.
Same scenario. Object has twice the mass as object A. They are both traveling at 40km/h. Let's assume that the various friction and resistance reduce its speed by 10km/h/h. (Yes, that's unrealistic, but it doesn't matter). That's true for BOTH objects because the mass doesn't matter. Now, if they are both decelerating at 10km/h/h, then to maintain their speed, they need to accelerate at 10km/h/h. This way the acceleration and deceleration cancel out and we maintain 40km/h.
With me so far? Hopefully. Now, as has already been discussed, a heavier object takes more energy to accelerate.
Therefore, it takes more energy to maintain the velocity of a heavier object, because it takes more energy to accelerate, and (by the numbers) you have to constantly accelerate to overcome the forces that are slowing you down.
But since the heavier object has a lot more kinetic energy, it won't decelerate at 10km/h/h....you need more energy to get it up to speed but you *also* need more force/energy to slow it down...otherwise SUV's would come with bicycle brakes.
Lately, I've heard that thrown around more and more as fact. Are there any studies indicating that?
Considering that most Aspergers symptoms can be summarized as "being an insensitive jerk" and that geeks are still predominantly guys...there's definitely a grain of truth in it. The question is where you draw the line between being "an Asperger" and "just a complete asshole". And yeah, I'm talking from personal experience.
Because the bush administration tortured people in violation of the geneva convention, will you hand over bush, cheney, rice, powell, ??? to the hague for trial for crimes against humanity as required by international law?
;-)
In amendment to H.R. 1646, The Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 2001
"Section 638(a) of the DeLay Amendment (the section in question) reads:
(a) AUTHORITY- The President is authorized to use all means necessary and appropriate to bring about the release from captivity of any person described in subsection (b) who is being detained or imprisoned against that person's will by or on behalf of the International Criminal Court. "
So, ehmm, how about you guys sort your own crap out and keep your criminals right there?
Oh, the memories.
:-)
Adding a Voodoo2 12MB to a system with an S3 Virge....talk about night and day
Hah, you think? The *real* reason is that when a cute french girl speaks english, no matter how poorly, the accent is absolutely &%^&#^$^& hot.
Dutch sounds a lot better with a good helping of french accent applied as well, btw.
But seriously, one of the major issues is that fact the all french tv is dubbed instead of subtitled, much like german tv btw. And if you want to get a feel for just how awful an experience this is for someone who isn't used to it, try imagining visiting another country and seeing someone watch, say, Amelie Poulin(great film) or even Taxi dubbed in german.
Hearing and speaking it regularly is the only way to make progress in a language, the stuff at school is just the basic foundation to start off from.
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Not that it's feasible to go without electricity or roads, but lots of people get along just fine without the Internet. (I would suffer withdrawl and shrivel up and die, like a vampire exposed to sunlight. Actually, I also do that when exposed to sunlight. But that's a separate issue. Point is, it's not a "bread and water" kind of necessity.
I'd argue that right now in certain countries it's already a must-have, much like a telephone. 10 years ago a resume without a phonenumber on it would have been frowned upon, these days the same pretty much applies to one without an e-mail address.
Certain purchases can only be made through the web, etc. etc.
Over here in pot-and-hooker country we're already starting to reach the point where the government pretty much considers internet connections on par with roads, power lines, etc. etc. iow, a vital part of the infrastructure. Cable companies are already having to anticipate a future where they will be forced to give up their monopolies and allow other service providers to make use of the existing infrastructure for offering various digital services.
Ofcourse this goes against a lot of free market ideas and is a lot more feasible because the Netherlands is such a small country, and we're a bunch of pink commies anyway, but in the end it does mean the consumer gets more choice.
Bah, at the rate the oil price goes up and the dollar goes down compared to the Euro, pretty soon we'll be paying $4 a bloody liter...and folks wonder why I don't bother getting a driver's license.