"Scientists have been wondering why historical records mysteriously ended sometime around the year 2012. It's as if humanity decided to just stop writing things down, and left everything to oral tradition. It's sad that we will never know what happened between then and the eventua downfall of one of the greatest ancient civilizations that ever lived."
Iran can't risk nuking Israel. If they did, the retaliation would wipe Iran off the map as well.
It's much like the cold war. Mutually assured destruction keeps everyone in line. A preemptive strike would just INCREASE the chance of a nuclear attack.
One problem with subsidies in the US is that if you pay full price for your phone, your monthly bill isn't reduced to compensate for not having the subsidy.
In other countries when you buy a phone subsidy-free you pay less per month. This is common sense, yet the US providers don't do it. I'd rather pay full price for my phone and pay less per month. Basically if you keep your phone for longer than 2-3 years, you are now losing financially because you're monthly cost includes a subsidy you're not taking advantage of.
Yep, Metro apps being full screen is a deal breaker for anyone with large screens. I'm really not sure what they were thinking.
Back when computing started, all apps were full screen apps. The *instant* technology allowed it, we moved towards a windowed paradigm, because it's nice to be able to do and look at multiple things at once. Since then, displays have gotten larger with higher pixel density, making the windowed paradigm more and more useful.
And now we're going backwards to mandatory full screen apps? Why should I have to use my entire 24" or bigger display(s) to do ONE thing? The only time I ever full screen apps on my large monitors is to watch videos, and I'd rather do that on my TV anyway.
Full screen apps only make sense on small screens. They should never, EVER only be able to run in full screen. At least Apple seems to understand this; OS X's full screen support is entirely optional on every app that implements it.
How about we just stop playing world police? I don't want to send our youngsters out there to die in another shithole just because of overly paranoid people in government.
Leave Iran alone. If they actually *ATTACK* our allies, *THEN* I can understand going to war. But let's not fucking START one.
Better yet, have the person stand at a random angle. Either facing the scanner, 90 degrees left or right, or 45 degrees.
Since the person to be screened will have no idea where to hide their contraband to avoid it being detected, the scanners are once again effective.
However, I'd like to see the scanners scrapped so we can return to tried-and-true metal detectors. Primarily because I hate having to take off my belt!
>I have Mythbuntu on my daughters netbook with MythTV stripped out since it frustrated me and XBMC in its place.
Holy shit, I'm not the only one doing this! I also have a Mythbuntu install that I re-molded into an XBMC system because myth was becoming an unreliable pain in the arse, and I didn't need any of the PVR features.
I thought I was the only one running such a weird XBMC system, yet I have a fellow crazy out there doing the same thing! *BROFIST*
Why can't they just use liquid natural gas instead? Propane is stored and transported as a liquid, even though it evaporates into a gas when finally used. Can't natural gas also be liquefied in the same way?
If they're going to require that the chip be functional then they need to make it near-indestructable.
Passports are the sort of document that get taken everywhere when traveling, and thus take on a lot of wear and tear. They need to be durable enough to handle that life.
"Disrespect for the document"? It's a fucking document, not a person. I have no reason to respect a document. Especially one that I bought and paid for myself, with my own time and money.
As long as it's legible and you can see my photo, that's all that should matter. These people must be the ones who were teacher's pets in high school civics class, right? WTF is the world coming to?
Blame Intel for taking a million years to add USB 3.0 support to its chipsets.
They really need to be banished to the moon for this. And for moving the memory controller to the CPU and then not supporting ECC on the majority of their CPUs. Evil, evil Intel.
I slow the hell down ever since I saw someone barrel through a flashing red without stopping at a speed that would have likely left me dead had they hit me.
Twitter is a US company. Why does it care if someone tweets something objectionable in another country? This isn't Twitter's problem!
What motive does Twitter have to help oppressive regimes oppress their people? Are they being bribed by foreign governments? I just don't see how this can benefit Twitter when those foreign governments have no say in how Twitter is run.
...for new smartphone customers anyway. The data plans all went up by $5 a month. They include 1GB more data, but that doesn't matter; people will still be paying more so it's a price increase.
How often do CPUs can fried by overclocking these days?
Modern CPUs have complicated temperature monitoring onboard that will throttle down the chip if it starts to overheat. Shouldn't this protect against 99% of possible damage scenarios?
How can they legally extradite him, when he didn't commit a crime IN the US? He's not even a US citizen and isn't subject to US law!
WTF happened to the concept of jurisdiction? Why should the US be able to enforce its laws in the UK? This sets a VERY bad precedent; what if country A has some really stupid law that country B doesn't, and someone in country B breaks it? Should they be extradited to country A?
What's next; extraditing people to China for speaking badly of the communist regime over there?
This is what ETFs are for. If the customer doesn't stick around, they have to pay $200+ to cover the subsidy that was given to them on their phone. There is no reason to lock phones at all because of this.
No matter what happens, the carrier will get paid back for the subsidy.
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"Scientists have been wondering why historical records mysteriously ended sometime around the year 2012. It's as if humanity decided to just stop writing things down, and left everything to oral tradition. It's sad that we will never know what happened between then and the eventua downfall of one of the greatest ancient civilizations that ever lived."
Iran can't risk nuking Israel. If they did, the retaliation would wipe Iran off the map as well.
It's much like the cold war. Mutually assured destruction keeps everyone in line. A preemptive strike would just INCREASE the chance of a nuclear attack.
One problem with subsidies in the US is that if you pay full price for your phone, your monthly bill isn't reduced to compensate for not having the subsidy.
In other countries when you buy a phone subsidy-free you pay less per month. This is common sense, yet the US providers don't do it. I'd rather pay full price for my phone and pay less per month. Basically if you keep your phone for longer than 2-3 years, you are now losing financially because you're monthly cost includes a subsidy you're not taking advantage of.
Yep, Metro apps being full screen is a deal breaker for anyone with large screens. I'm really not sure what they were thinking.
Back when computing started, all apps were full screen apps. The *instant* technology allowed it, we moved towards a windowed paradigm, because it's nice to be able to do and look at multiple things at once. Since then, displays have gotten larger with higher pixel density, making the windowed paradigm more and more useful.
And now we're going backwards to mandatory full screen apps? Why should I have to use my entire 24" or bigger display(s) to do ONE thing? The only time I ever full screen apps on my large monitors is to watch videos, and I'd rather do that on my TV anyway.
Full screen apps only make sense on small screens. They should never, EVER only be able to run in full screen. At least Apple seems to understand this; OS X's full screen support is entirely optional on every app that implements it.
How about we just stop playing world police? I don't want to send our youngsters out there to die in another shithole just because of overly paranoid people in government.
Leave Iran alone. If they actually *ATTACK* our allies, *THEN* I can understand going to war. But let's not fucking START one.
Better yet, have the person stand at a random angle. Either facing the scanner, 90 degrees left or right, or 45 degrees.
Since the person to be screened will have no idea where to hide their contraband to avoid it being detected, the scanners are once again effective.
However, I'd like to see the scanners scrapped so we can return to tried-and-true metal detectors. Primarily because I hate having to take off my belt!
I can't believe they're still using analog macrovision.
Really, who the hell cares about analog copying anymore when you can just rip the digital bits right off the disc?
>I have Mythbuntu on my daughters netbook with MythTV stripped out since it frustrated me and XBMC in its place.
Holy shit, I'm not the only one doing this! I also have a Mythbuntu install that I re-molded into an XBMC system because myth was becoming an unreliable pain in the arse, and I didn't need any of the PVR features.
I thought I was the only one running such a weird XBMC system, yet I have a fellow crazy out there doing the same thing! *BROFIST*
Why can't they just use liquid natural gas instead? Propane is stored and transported as a liquid, even though it evaporates into a gas when finally used. Can't natural gas also be liquefied in the same way?
I often lament the fact that I'm single.
This, along with the stories of all the bullshit my friends have to deal with in their relationships, makes me wonder why I lament it at all.
I should be happy I'm single and can direct my own life.
*brofist to all the other single Slashdotters*
If they're going to require that the chip be functional then they need to make it near-indestructable.
Passports are the sort of document that get taken everywhere when traveling, and thus take on a lot of wear and tear. They need to be durable enough to handle that life.
Good. Maybe this will teach future political leaders that censorship is a bad idea.
Oh who am I kidding, these idiots never learn anything.
"Disrespect for the document"? It's a fucking document, not a person. I have no reason to respect a document. Especially one that I bought and paid for myself, with my own time and money.
As long as it's legible and you can see my photo, that's all that should matter. These people must be the ones who were teacher's pets in high school civics class, right? WTF is the world coming to?
>and USB3.0
Blame Intel for taking a million years to add USB 3.0 support to its chipsets.
They really need to be banished to the moon for this. And for moving the memory controller to the CPU and then not supporting ECC on the majority of their CPUs. Evil, evil Intel.
Sad thing is you can argue against pretty much any good idea by saying there's not enough money to fund enforcement of it.
At least you can use the same argument against bad ideas fairly effectively too. But this is the main reason even good ideas rarely make it into law.
I slow the hell down ever since I saw someone barrel through a flashing red without stopping at a speed that would have likely left me dead had they hit me.
Better safe than dead. :)
This is just further proof that existing IP laws are sufficient and we don't NEED draconian measures like SOPA or ACTA to stop piracy.
The laws are there. They can be enforced without censorship and stepping all over peoples' rights.
>We are in serious fucking trouble if they ever figure out how to recruit people with a brain
The thing is, 99.99% of "people with a brain" are smart enough to realize that terrorism is always a bad idea.
The 0.01% who happen to be smart but not smart enough to avoid being terrorists tend to be the leaders like Bin Laden.
Twitter is a US company. Why does it care if someone tweets something objectionable in another country? This isn't Twitter's problem!
What motive does Twitter have to help oppressive regimes oppress their people? Are they being bribed by foreign governments? I just don't see how this can benefit Twitter when those foreign governments have no say in how Twitter is run.
...for new smartphone customers anyway. The data plans all went up by $5 a month. They include 1GB more data, but that doesn't matter; people will still be paying more so it's a price increase.
Not to mention HDCP has been completely cracked wide open anyway, and thus is absolutely useless.
HDMI *IS* DVI on a different connector.
All they're really phasing out is the physical port; you can still use a passive HDMI to DVI adapter or cable and use your DVI equipment just fine.
How often do CPUs can fried by overclocking these days?
Modern CPUs have complicated temperature monitoring onboard that will throttle down the chip if it starts to overheat. Shouldn't this protect against 99% of possible damage scenarios?
How can they legally extradite him, when he didn't commit a crime IN the US? He's not even a US citizen and isn't subject to US law!
WTF happened to the concept of jurisdiction? Why should the US be able to enforce its laws in the UK? This sets a VERY bad precedent; what if country A has some really stupid law that country B doesn't, and someone in country B breaks it? Should they be extradited to country A?
What's next; extraditing people to China for speaking badly of the communist regime over there?
This is what ETFs are for. If the customer doesn't stick around, they have to pay $200+ to cover the subsidy that was given to them on their phone. There is no reason to lock phones at all because of this.
No matter what happens, the carrier will get paid back for the subsidy.