I don't use a gui with Linux -- we use only the server OS here with command line. I don't know the state of the GUI in Ubuntu for example, but if a normal user ever needs to use a terminal window to run a program, install a program, or make a basic-to-medium configuration change, then you've already lost 90% of your audience. The DOS people are finally content with the Start menu, and Apple hasn't had command line for decades (discounting the extras in OS X of course).
Games are definitely important, but if I want to set up an HTPC in Linux, I shouldn't need to rewrite conf files. (Not saying I do....)
Don't subscription services with overage charges make a bulk of their money off the overages? Blockbuster's main source of revenue was late movies. If we take this away from the cell phone companies, they'll likely just raise their rates all around for everyone.
No, the alternative is, "You bought it, it's yours, do with it what you want. If it doesn't work, don't blame us".
How is that not what they're saying? You buy the phone, jailbreak it, do whatever you want with it. It'll work like that for the foreseeable future. If you choose to "update" your phone with their OS again, of course it could stop your jailbreak from working since the jailbreak was written specifically for the previous OS. It's like writing an application for Ubuntu that works on a very specific kernel with very specific libraries, and then getting all butt hurt when your app binary doesn't work on the new kernel and new libraries.
I don't see the problem. Buy the phone, jailbreak it, put android on it, make it a flower pot. Just don't expect Apple's new code to work with your stuff.
I didn't read the article. But I believe a subpoena is a court-ordered violation of privacy, and is the only accepted method of doing so, at least in the U.S. If the court issued a subpoena (meaning they have reasonable suspicion to search his computer) and the kid still wouldn't divulge the password, he's asking for it.
Sort of brings up the interesting question though: is not giving a password the same as not telling where the body was buried? Is your lack of communication considered evidence against you officially, or do they have to look at only other evidence. I suppose a TV lawyer would spin it well enough: "Your laptop...the portable computer you carry with you...was taken from your possession for purposes of investigation. An investigation that your direct actions forestalled as you refused to give up the password which would allow our fine officers to determine your innocence...or your guilt. I rest, your honor."
When I first read this, and someone saying it would take 180,000 years to travel there, I thought, "Maybe we can bring that planet to us!"
But then the various issues with this, not least of which that location matters when discussing habitability, struck me and I thought, "Okay, that wouldn't work."
Even if you made a spaceship sized tunnel between here and there, essentially pulling some section of their solar system across the light years to meet with a section of ours...a wormhole if you will...
I think the Bombadil thing was explained in the book itself. Something about him being older than just about everything else...so he's beyond the ring's power. I think Tom was supposed to be a Maiar, which is a level below the Valar. Melian from the First Age was a Maiar. I think Sauron was as well. If this is the case, either Maiar can be of varying ages and powers, or Tolkien wasn't as careful with his historical organization.
Is that LibreOffice pronounced the Spanish Lee-bray Office or is it the French Lee-bruh Office? I supposed we should just all consider ourselves fortunate it wasn't called FavreOffice.
Wait a second. Just how do we know these space aliens speak Malaysian or whatever language Malaysians speak? Shouldn't we put forward a proper English speaking delegate, someone with a little charisma and flair? I nominate Bill Clinton or Rowdy Roddy Piper. Or Tony Stark...wasn't he great in that Iron Man movie?
Informed and considered opinion rarely forms from people sitting around congratulating each other on how right they all are and how much they are in agreement.
Hear, hear! I'm right there with you, my good fellow!
Other posters have pointed out the obvious. What if your LAN firewall is breached? What if there's a rogue computer brought into your network? Rogue flash drive? Or just Rogue? She could absorb all your powers and then you wouldn't be IT. You'd be just. like. everyone. else.
One of our departments runs egress filtering on their desktops -- only certain applications and external ports can be accessed: 80, 22, 443, etc. If a computer gets infected by a new virus, it can't jump from computer to computer nor take advantage of other systems with non-normal open ports on or off the network.
When you're talking about scientific papers, a "bad apple" reviewer may be able to skew the record in terms of 1-10 scales, but reviewers also do a qualitative write-up of the material. That's really the only important part and if one or two people fall outside the line of general consensus, they'll just be ignored.
And honestly, the weapons and cars are all that changed. At rank 1, you were robbing stores and stealing cars. At rank 500 you were robbing the same stores and stealing the same cars. The game failed because it was hollow gameplay.
Next you'll tell me that Soulfire was just another Rusty Sword...
So I started reading the Gunslinger series when I was a kid -- I think the first book is from the 70s or something. It's a good read, very Stephen King, each book is kinda out there in its own way with no shortage of imagination. Very Epic.
I'll say that the unfinished Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin is coming to HBO soon. More character-driven than Lord of the Rings, it's a great fantasy series. I know Robert Jordan's series the Wheel of Time is popular, and I did read the first book. But it didn't pull me in like Martin's, and I didn't continue reading it. Perhaps I missed out. Martin's writing is fantastic and his delivery perfect. I can only hope the TV show is 1/10th as good.
Truth of it is, if you didn't witness it first hand, you'll never know what actually happened. Everyone revises history, sometimes on purpose, sometimes not. The best we can do is ask around and use the majority of agreeing sources as "fact". This is why it's important to be a part of things, as opposed to reading them (says the guy in his mom's basement).
God, if we had it your way we'd still be using chisels. Adjust to the damn virtual keyboards -- evolution demands it! I know this because I've seen Star Trek: The Next Generation's episode "The Game". No keyboards.
Good comment, no mod points. ST:TNG was a let down in terms of stories and characters. Picard was the only truly memorable character who wasn't a one-hit interest (like Worf's Klingonishness). Everyone else was boring. The stories were, well, days in the life mostly rather than the morality-questioning, slightly more epic tales of the original Star Trek. And Bones, Kirk, and Spock were the reason people watched the show.
TNG episode that stands out the most didn't even have the main characters: The Game.
Let's see, in my TV watching season, my family watches two TV shows. So that's $2/week or $8/month. Assuming these episodes are HD, that's a bit cheaper than $80/month Xfinity for 300 channels I never watch. If I wanted to plan my movies (I don't) I'd add a $10 netflix subscription...and then just stream on demand netflix. So that's all the TV I need for $18/month.
I see the original poster's point. Look at the Ten Commandments, Ben Hur... you could argue Star Wars (the first one), and probably a bunch of others I'm not thinking of. They have well-known plots, archetypal characters, and big effects. You can't toss Transformers in there because there's quality control to meet this genre. Aliens doesn't fit either -- that's just a really great action film. You might mention Serenity but that has stronger characters than the other films mentioned.
Dances with Wolves, about the same plot as Avatar, fits this category as well. Different but same.
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You are.
But that's okay -- I liked Avatar both times I saw it. It's simple in its story, characters, plotlines and cliche in those areas as well. But it chose a good story to base itself on and told it in a very entertaining way. Any movie that actually gets me emotional (like the army vs tree scene) gets a boost in my rating. Consider that the next time you watch a movie -- did it move you in any way: angry, sad, happy, excited, scared? Most movies don't.
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I don't use a gui with Linux -- we use only the server OS here with command line. I don't know the state of the GUI in Ubuntu for example, but if a normal user ever needs to use a terminal window to run a program, install a program, or make a basic-to-medium configuration change, then you've already lost 90% of your audience. The DOS people are finally content with the Start menu, and Apple hasn't had command line for decades (discounting the extras in OS X of course).
Games are definitely important, but if I want to set up an HTPC in Linux, I shouldn't need to rewrite conf files. (Not saying I do....)
Don't subscription services with overage charges make a bulk of their money off the overages? Blockbuster's main source of revenue was late movies. If we take this away from the cell phone companies, they'll likely just raise their rates all around for everyone.
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No, the alternative is, "You bought it, it's yours, do with it what you want. If it doesn't work, don't blame us".
How is that not what they're saying? You buy the phone, jailbreak it, do whatever you want with it. It'll work like that for the foreseeable future. If you choose to "update" your phone with their OS again, of course it could stop your jailbreak from working since the jailbreak was written specifically for the previous OS. It's like writing an application for Ubuntu that works on a very specific kernel with very specific libraries, and then getting all butt hurt when your app binary doesn't work on the new kernel and new libraries.
I don't see the problem. Buy the phone, jailbreak it, put android on it, make it a flower pot. Just don't expect Apple's new code to work with your stuff.
But...but...I use BT to download World of Warcraft patches and Redhat ISOs! This is inhumane! You've crippled the iPhone!
I didn't read the article. But I believe a subpoena is a court-ordered violation of privacy, and is the only accepted method of doing so, at least in the U.S. If the court issued a subpoena (meaning they have reasonable suspicion to search his computer) and the kid still wouldn't divulge the password, he's asking for it.
Sort of brings up the interesting question though: is not giving a password the same as not telling where the body was buried? Is your lack of communication considered evidence against you officially, or do they have to look at only other evidence. I suppose a TV lawyer would spin it well enough: "Your laptop...the portable computer you carry with you...was taken from your possession for purposes of investigation. An investigation that your direct actions forestalled as you refused to give up the password which would allow our fine officers to determine your innocence...or your guilt. I rest, your honor."
When I first read this, and someone saying it would take 180,000 years to travel there, I thought, "Maybe we can bring that planet to us!"
But then the various issues with this, not least of which that location matters when discussing habitability, struck me and I thought, "Okay, that wouldn't work."
Even if you made a spaceship sized tunnel between here and there, essentially pulling some section of their solar system across the light years to meet with a section of ours...a wormhole if you will...
I think the Bombadil thing was explained in the book itself. Something about him being older than just about everything else...so he's beyond the ring's power. I think Tom was supposed to be a Maiar, which is a level below the Valar. Melian from the First Age was a Maiar. I think Sauron was as well. If this is the case, either Maiar can be of varying ages and powers, or Tolkien wasn't as careful with his historical organization.
Is that LibreOffice pronounced the Spanish Lee-bray Office or is it the French Lee-bruh Office? I supposed we should just all consider ourselves fortunate it wasn't called FavreOffice.
"Did you say the words?"
"Mostly."
Why not make him pay the money back, then deport him.
Wait a second. Just how do we know these space aliens speak Malaysian or whatever language Malaysians speak? Shouldn't we put forward a proper English speaking delegate, someone with a little charisma and flair? I nominate Bill Clinton or Rowdy Roddy Piper. Or Tony Stark...wasn't he great in that Iron Man movie?
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There's a sucker born every minute.
Informed and considered opinion rarely forms from people sitting around congratulating each other on how right they all are and how much they are in agreement.
Hear, hear! I'm right there with you, my good fellow!
Other posters have pointed out the obvious. What if your LAN firewall is breached? What if there's a rogue computer brought into your network? Rogue flash drive? Or just Rogue? She could absorb all your powers and then you wouldn't be IT. You'd be just. like. everyone. else.
One of our departments runs egress filtering on their desktops -- only certain applications and external ports can be accessed: 80, 22, 443, etc. If a computer gets infected by a new virus, it can't jump from computer to computer nor take advantage of other systems with non-normal open ports on or off the network.
When you're talking about scientific papers, a "bad apple" reviewer may be able to skew the record in terms of 1-10 scales, but reviewers also do a qualitative write-up of the material. That's really the only important part and if one or two people fall outside the line of general consensus, they'll just be ignored.
And honestly, the weapons and cars are all that changed. At rank 1, you were robbing stores and stealing cars. At rank 500 you were robbing the same stores and stealing the same cars. The game failed because it was hollow gameplay.
Next you'll tell me that Soulfire was just another Rusty Sword...
These will be easy to spot. It'll likely be future developments that create the real problem for the Connor family.
So I started reading the Gunslinger series when I was a kid -- I think the first book is from the 70s or something. It's a good read, very Stephen King, each book is kinda out there in its own way with no shortage of imagination. Very Epic.
I'll say that the unfinished Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin is coming to HBO soon. More character-driven than Lord of the Rings, it's a great fantasy series. I know Robert Jordan's series the Wheel of Time is popular, and I did read the first book. But it didn't pull me in like Martin's, and I didn't continue reading it. Perhaps I missed out. Martin's writing is fantastic and his delivery perfect. I can only hope the TV show is 1/10th as good.
Truth of it is, if you didn't witness it first hand, you'll never know what actually happened. Everyone revises history, sometimes on purpose, sometimes not. The best we can do is ask around and use the majority of agreeing sources as "fact". This is why it's important to be a part of things, as opposed to reading them (says the guy in his mom's basement).
Err...it tells me 17fps. Windows 7, FF 3.6.9
God, if we had it your way we'd still be using chisels. Adjust to the damn virtual keyboards -- evolution demands it! I know this because I've seen Star Trek: The Next Generation's episode "The Game". No keyboards.
Good comment, no mod points. ST:TNG was a let down in terms of stories and characters. Picard was the only truly memorable character who wasn't a one-hit interest (like Worf's Klingonishness). Everyone else was boring. The stories were, well, days in the life mostly rather than the morality-questioning, slightly more epic tales of the original Star Trek. And Bones, Kirk, and Spock were the reason people watched the show.
TNG episode that stands out the most didn't even have the main characters: The Game.
Let's see, in my TV watching season, my family watches two TV shows. So that's $2/week or $8/month. Assuming these episodes are HD, that's a bit cheaper than $80/month Xfinity for 300 channels I never watch. If I wanted to plan my movies (I don't) I'd add a $10 netflix subscription...and then just stream on demand netflix. So that's all the TV I need for $18/month.
I see the original poster's point. Look at the Ten Commandments, Ben Hur ... you could argue Star Wars (the first one), and probably a bunch of others I'm not thinking of. They have well-known plots, archetypal characters, and big effects. You can't toss Transformers in there because there's quality control to meet this genre. Aliens doesn't fit either -- that's just a really great action film. You might mention Serenity but that has stronger characters than the other films mentioned.
Dances with Wolves, about the same plot as Avatar, fits this category as well. Different but same.
I don't know if I'm counter-counter culture or what
You are.
But that's okay -- I liked Avatar both times I saw it. It's simple in its story, characters, plotlines and cliche in those areas as well. But it chose a good story to base itself on and told it in a very entertaining way. Any movie that actually gets me emotional (like the army vs tree scene) gets a boost in my rating. Consider that the next time you watch a movie -- did it move you in any way: angry, sad, happy, excited, scared? Most movies don't.
But don't dis the ultra-violence.