But seriously, these walled gardens make me long for the 90's, when you could sanction a company for even *including* their own browser with an OS, much less outright forbidding other browsers from being installed.
Yes, there are many MUD's that have been running even longer. But that's citing the *exception*, not the *norm*. Most MMO's, like most MUD's, have a certain shelf-life.
Look, I think that more MMO's should allow for playing on alternate servers. And I appreciate that players put a lot of time and effort into building their characters.
But when you buy a MMO, you have to know that it's not a permanent thing.
Any place with any real security is going to have a LOT more than just key locks in place. It's the same layered security stuff that applies to network security. The userid/password is just ONE PART of the security. If someone isn't watching for abnormal behavior on the network too, you're already asking for trouble.
"We've carefully reviewed the 1,000 candidates who volunteered online and have put together a team of our finest candidates," said Mars One head Bas Lansdorp:
Captain: Jack Meov
Pilots: Bob A. Booey Ivana Bloweau
Mission specialists: Mike Hunt Jean Luc Picard George Washington Richard Flair, N.B.
Something tells me that most of this stolen info consists of data gathered on "terrorists" like movie pirates, government critics, and information leakers.
Agreed! We need to get government out of health care. I propose the following changes, in this order, to finally free us from the burden of government run health care:
1) Eliminate all healthcare benefits for all Congressmen, past and present. This will give them all the freedom to handle their own health care. I'm sure the Republican Congressmen will be the first in line to support this! 2) Eliminate all healthcare for vets and active duty military. They've earned to the right to pay for it themselves. 3) Eliminate Medicare and Medicaid. Grandma deserves the chance to choose and pay for her own nursing home care. Get government out of the way!
Gypsy isn't a race, and con-man sure as hell isn't. But if you want to call me bigoted against people who take advantage of the weak and feeble-minded with scams and cons, then you are certainly correct on that point.
Well, thank you for informing me that Texas is all about attracting online businesses, has no NASA facilities, would never even CONSIDER secession in the modern era, and has passed so many laws supporting gays and immigration. You've sure changed my views! Texas is truly a progressive, modern state and not a backwards, redneck shithole at all!
They're also (as a general populace) more lonely, less educated, more dependent on repairmen to do tasks for them, and more financially well-off than their younger counterparts.
They're basically the perfect soup for travelers, gypsy trash, and other assorted con-artist-pieces-of-shit to take advantage of. Makes me want to go back to the days when a tall tree and short noose waited for that filth when they got caught. There is very little in this world lower than someone willing to take advantage of the elderly.
If you believe the CIA (and you would have to be a pretty epic moron to), they're not even flying drones over Iran. Do you really think they would admit that one of the drones that they're *not* flying over Iran just got shot down?
Brick and mortar businesses, NASA, secession from the Union, anti-immigration and anti-gay laws--Texas always has its finger on the pulse of the future!
I suspect it's a case of NASA *THINKING* they *MAY* have found something like organic compounds, and one of their loud-mouths shooting off to the press about it. When follow-up tests confirmed that it wasn't organic compounds, they saved face by pulling this "Oh, the press just misinterpreted what he was saying" stuff.
Did Zuckerberg ever have to get past HR?
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First of all, most of those "billionaire dropouts" were dropouts from Ivy League schools with plenty of startup money from daddy already at their disposal, not dipshits coming out of no-name-high-school. Secondly, most of them only left college when they already had contacts and solid plans (and financing) in place for starting their own businesses. They didn't need degrees because they were going to be hiring *themselves*, not having to worry about some HR department that will toss any non-degree applicants right into the trash.
For most of the non-rich, non-Ivy League assholes like the rest of us--we still need a college degree if we're going to get beyond the front door to any stable job. We're not Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates.
I have never really understood why many Americans are so hostile to unionization.
A lot of it has to do with union corruption here in the U.S. For a long time, unions were heavily associated with the mob and graft. A lot of people came to see them as little more than an extortion racket. They saw money taken out of their paycheck against their will, with little in the way of actual benefit to show for it. It also didn't help that a lot of the big unions after WWII really got into bed with the companies they were supposed to be representing the worker against.
Combine that with a lot of right-wing anti-union propaganda, a government owned and controlled by big corporations, outsourcing, and a serious historical tradition of individualism--and you get, well, the mess we're in today.
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I imagine he's got quite a bit to come down from too.
If Second Life is any indication, you would end up with a lot of flying penises, empty houses, and dance clubs.
There are more browsers in Apple's iOS App Store than there are grains of sand on all the worlds beaches
All just webkit skins, except for Opera I think (which uses some kind of weird server-side rendering to bypass the walled garden).
Yes, in 1998 Apple, Amiga and BeOS all included their own browsers with their OS's.
And I'm the fucking idiot.
There are plenty of other Safari skins available!
But seriously, these walled gardens make me long for the 90's, when you could sanction a company for even *including* their own browser with an OS, much less outright forbidding other browsers from being installed.
Yes, there are many MUD's that have been running even longer. But that's citing the *exception*, not the *norm*. Most MMO's, like most MUD's, have a certain shelf-life.
Look, I think that more MMO's should allow for playing on alternate servers. And I appreciate that players put a lot of time and effort into building their characters.
But when you buy a MMO, you have to know that it's not a permanent thing.
Any place with any real security is going to have a LOT more than just key locks in place. It's the same layered security stuff that applies to network security. The userid/password is just ONE PART of the security. If someone isn't watching for abnormal behavior on the network too, you're already asking for trouble.
Of course he, did. He's James Cameron.
Admittedly, Mike Hunt was quite a ballplayer.
Ethnic group and race are NOT synonymous, genius. Educate YOURSELF.
"We've carefully reviewed the 1,000 candidates who volunteered online and have put together a team of our finest candidates," said Mars One head Bas Lansdorp:
Captain:
Jack Meov
Pilots:
Bob A. Booey
Ivana Bloweau
Mission specialists:
Mike Hunt
Jean Luc Picard
George Washington
Richard Flair, N.B.
Something tells me that most of this stolen info consists of data gathered on "terrorists" like movie pirates, government critics, and information leakers.
Agreed! We need to get government out of health care. I propose the following changes, in this order, to finally free us from the burden of government run health care:
1) Eliminate all healthcare benefits for all Congressmen, past and present. This will give them all the freedom to handle their own health care. I'm sure the Republican Congressmen will be the first in line to support this!
2) Eliminate all healthcare for vets and active duty military. They've earned to the right to pay for it themselves.
3) Eliminate Medicare and Medicaid. Grandma deserves the chance to choose and pay for her own nursing home care. Get government out of the way!
Gypsy isn't a race, and con-man sure as hell isn't. But if you want to call me bigoted against people who take advantage of the weak and feeble-minded with scams and cons, then you are certainly correct on that point.
Just kidding.
Well, thank you for informing me that Texas is all about attracting online businesses, has no NASA facilities, would never even CONSIDER secession in the modern era, and has passed so many laws supporting gays and immigration. You've sure changed my views! Texas is truly a progressive, modern state and not a backwards, redneck shithole at all!
They're also (as a general populace) more lonely, less educated, more dependent on repairmen to do tasks for them, and more financially well-off than their younger counterparts.
They're basically the perfect soup for travelers, gypsy trash, and other assorted con-artist-pieces-of-shit to take advantage of. Makes me want to go back to the days when a tall tree and short noose waited for that filth when they got caught. There is very little in this world lower than someone willing to take advantage of the elderly.
If you believe the CIA (and you would have to be a pretty epic moron to), they're not even flying drones over Iran. Do you really think they would admit that one of the drones that they're *not* flying over Iran just got shot down?
Brick and mortar businesses, NASA, secession from the Union, anti-immigration and anti-gay laws--Texas always has its finger on the pulse of the future!
His is a penis of extraordinary magnitude.
He has our gratitude.
The quote comes from rover lead John Grotzinger, in a recent NPR interview:
Here are the relevant quotes from the interview:
"We're getting data from SAM as we sit here and speak, and the data looks really interesting,"
"The science team is busily chewing away on it as it comes down."
"This data is gonna be one for the history books. It's looking really good."
I suspect it's a case of NASA *THINKING* they *MAY* have found something like organic compounds, and one of their loud-mouths shooting off to the press about it. When follow-up tests confirmed that it wasn't organic compounds, they saved face by pulling this "Oh, the press just misinterpreted what he was saying" stuff.
First of all, most of those "billionaire dropouts" were dropouts from Ivy League schools with plenty of startup money from daddy already at their disposal, not dipshits coming out of no-name-high-school. Secondly, most of them only left college when they already had contacts and solid plans (and financing) in place for starting their own businesses. They didn't need degrees because they were going to be hiring *themselves*, not having to worry about some HR department that will toss any non-degree applicants right into the trash.
For most of the non-rich, non-Ivy League assholes like the rest of us--we still need a college degree if we're going to get beyond the front door to any stable job. We're not Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates.
I have never really understood why many Americans are so hostile to unionization.
A lot of it has to do with union corruption here in the U.S. For a long time, unions were heavily associated with the mob and graft. A lot of people came to see them as little more than an extortion racket. They saw money taken out of their paycheck against their will, with little in the way of actual benefit to show for it. It also didn't help that a lot of the big unions after WWII really got into bed with the companies they were supposed to be representing the worker against.
Combine that with a lot of right-wing anti-union propaganda, a government owned and controlled by big corporations, outsourcing, and a serious historical tradition of individualism--and you get, well, the mess we're in today.