You want to be in a good neighbourhood, close to schools, shopping, and recreational facilities.
I don't know how you are going to determine if a given property has any of these things purly by surfing. Sooner or later, prospective purchasers are going to have to go to the area and find out for themselves what it is like.
The pictures and short description of the house will not give you enough information about whether you want to buy it or not.
Besides, when you are spending that much coin, you want to see it for yourself.
People won't buy cars on-line, why would they buy houses that way. Part of the purchasing experience
is going to the place and checking it out - live and in person.
Well, an MBA won't make you a better coder, but it will give you a better understanding of business process. It all depends on the career path you want. If you want to be a hard-core techie, an MBA is not likely to be of value.
But if you aspire to be a pointy-haired boss, it would be a wise move...
"Mill was noting that logic and reason were being subverted by emotional arguments that appealed to the masses"
That was *not* what Mill was writing about when he referred to the tyranny of the majority. Mill was worried about situations in which a majority of the population that shared a particular opinion might have the tendency to use the weight of that majority to enforce that opinion and squelch any dissenting points of view.
Some have suggested that moral issues ought not be resolved by a show of hands for that very reason. It does not matter how many people support a principle, if that principle is wrong.
"So what exactly has that got to do with the effects of pornography on children?"
I don't think any competant, respected academic would ever research the effects of pornography on kids. The ethical implications preclude any research on the subject. I would not think there need be much debate on the matter anyways, it is rather self-evident. Would you suggest that exposure to pr0n is in any way beneficial for kids?
"Since when did violence == sex? Sex and violence in media are two different things completely, despite their being commonly grouped together by people with Christian backgrounds"
What are _you_ trying to imply?
Just as excess violence is not appropriate for children, I would suggest that pr0n is not appropriate for children either, and that is regardless of one's religious affiliation or lack thereof.
"You probably think that porn, violence, sex, etc in movies and on the Internet will harm your kid. Prove that. "
Actually, a number of peer-reviewed studies have demonstrated that there *IS* a link between consupmtion of violence (tv, movies) and violent behaviour. Check out some journals some time.
"Porn does not devalue or demoralize women; that has been proven. "
Where? Which academic studies _prove_ this?
"However, that doesn't stop legislators and people like you from spreading false information."
What information was false? You throw in some dubious quote that is not attributed to anyone and accuse others?
Show me some facts...
So exactly how much disk space would this guy need? Packet sniffers can consume lots of disk.
Packet sniffers are not the appropriate tool for the job. A decent proxy/firewall would work much better.
What can *I* use so that I won't get fooled into following any links to goatse that the trolls like to hide in seemingly innocuous posts?
Is there a goat filter?
"First of all, there is the matter of special effects. When I was a kid, the low-cos special effects of Doctor Who did not bother me, because I had rnough imagination to pretend that the special effects were not so cheesy. Also, the level of expectation people had for quality special effects in the 1970s and 1980s were not the level of expectations people have today."
Doctor Who was *great* television because of the actoring, direction, and (mostly) killer scripts. Yes, the special effects were cheesy, but nobody ever watched the show for the special effects.
If it were possible to assemble a good cast with good scripts and a decent budget, I think the show could be successful but it would have to be different. I liked all of the different incarnations of Doctor Who, but if it comes back, it has to bring something new and interesting to the table. Nobody will continue to watch it just because it is Who.
Look at the movie, it was Doctor Who in name only.
When Dirk Gentley's Holistic Detective Agency was published, I really enjoyed the novel.
However, when I viewed "Shada", I was really disappointed. DGHDA's plot was not very similar in some respects to Shada. Okay, it was still Douglas' own work so it is not as if he plagarized, but still...
Re-using code is a virtue among programmers, but I am not sure it is a virtue among writers.
"A lot of Dr Who (and Star Trek) was writen by it's fans."
Star Trek is not exactly the best example here. ST:TNG got very preachy and, let's face it, dull towards the end. Same for Voyager - couldn't wait for it to finish.
"The made for TV movie was NOT a fan job..."
The movie was a disgrace. It was more of a (bad) X-Files episode than Doctor Who.
"The books were profesion and it was a profesional addaption. That is the problem. Writing isn't a job of cold profesionalism but of passionet fan-ish stuff."
Some of the Doctor Who novels are pretty good. I agree that the best works would come from someone who is really passionate about Who and understands what is canonical and why.
Yet some of the novels are written by people who may not be serious fans, but are passable writers who are able to construct an interesting story given the right tools.
If you have talent as a writer, you can apply that talent to different genres.
"The other Doctors had their charms, it's true, but Tom Baker WAS The Doctor. And Douglas Adams wrote a couple of his eposides (The Pirate Planet being the one I can recall off the top of my head.) Proof enough, if you ask me. "
While I really respect Douglas Adams as an author, some of the script editing he did was poor. Too much shameless self-promotion by way of gratuitous HHGTTG references and cheesy jokes that detraceted from the plot.
The Pirate Planet was *NOT* one of his finer efforts. Now City Of Death, that was probably his best effort. They even got John Cleese to do a cameo!
It will be publicly available. Code of conduct and network acceptable use policies are not hard to find.
> 2) Was this agreement signed by you and by them ?
When a student enrolls, I suspect that there is a clause that indicates each student agrees to abide by a certain code of conduct. When applying for network access, there is usually a note indicating that you agree to the acceptable use policy.
> 3) Were you 18 when you signed it ?
Irrelevant as the registration forms are signed every year, and flikx has got to be over 18 by now.
When I browse via IE, I have noticed it regularly checks with micro$oft to see if there are any "updates" available. Most users use IE. No wonder micro$oft is at the top of the list, and I don't even have to browse there myself!
I suspect it will all be a part of.NET - micro$oft will be the key granting authority and the key distributor, and since they have access to both the public and private keys (all hosted on their servers) *that* is when the NSA key in your windows registry will come in handy...
I just *knew* that Brittney Spears (or some other pre-fab trendy pop-artist du jour) wasn't making it on talent alone.
But why do people buy into it? Pre-fab groups have been around since the Monkees, and the record companies keep churning out these low or no talent groups who have the right look, and the fans snap up the albums/concert tickets/schwag...
The way I see it, if there are dancers on stage, and no sign of a live band, the music is almost certainly crap.
I *had* a cable modem. Maybe my experience was not typical, but IMHO the @home network has really crappy availability. Their DNS servers were never available. I found another ISP to pull DNS from, and then I could not access the internet as the default router was down alot.
I set up some automation on my home system to validate connectivity to the outside world, and I averaged more than 50 hours of outage time per week. when I finally got through to the tech support department to complain, they suggested there was a problem with my Windows and I should re-boot and see if that helps. I explained I don't use Windows, and they ended the call because I was using an un-supported OS. Bastards.
I now have a DSL modem, and the only major outage I have experienced was when there was a fire at the CO.
Well, if there are finite financial resources and a limited amount of time to make the movie, my guess would be that Square would render the movie and dub it in a languate so as to appeal to the largest possible movie-going audience.
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Location! Location! Location!
You want to be in a good neighbourhood, close to schools, shopping, and recreational facilities.
I don't know how you are going to determine if a given property has any of these things purly by surfing. Sooner or later, prospective purchasers are going to have to go to the area and find out for themselves what it is like.
The pictures and short description of the house will not give you enough information about whether you want to buy it or not.
Besides, when you are spending that much coin, you want to see it for yourself.
People won't buy cars on-line, why would they buy houses that way. Part of the purchasing experience
is going to the place and checking it out - live and in person.
Well, an MBA won't make you a better coder, but it will give you a better understanding of business process. It all depends on the career path you want. If you want to be a hard-core techie, an MBA is not likely to be of value. But if you aspire to be a pointy-haired boss, it would be a wise move...
"The restriction of free speech is the mark of tyranny. Only those who know their cause is lost need to resort to it."
So how far does this principle apply? Is freedom of speech and/or freedom of expression to be totally unlimited?
If so, does that mean that the producers & consumers of chold pr0n can hide behind free speech? Where will it all end?
"I'm sorry, I'm just really struggling very hard to try grasp this somewhat common notion that sex (or even nudity for that matter) is bad."
The discussion (for me) is not whether sex and/or nudity is bad. The discussion is whether pornography is appropriate for children.
I believe it is not. Others may have a different opinion however. I am not sure how defensible that opinion would be though...
"Mill was noting that logic and reason were being subverted by emotional arguments that appealed to the masses"
That was *not* what Mill was writing about when he referred to the tyranny of the majority. Mill was worried about situations in which a majority of the population that shared a particular opinion might have the tendency to use the weight of that majority to enforce that opinion and squelch any dissenting points of view.
Some have suggested that moral issues ought not be resolved by a show of hands for that very reason. It does not matter how many people support a principle, if that principle is wrong.
"So what exactly has that got to do with the effects of pornography on children?"
I don't think any competant, respected academic would ever research the effects of pornography on kids. The ethical implications preclude any research on the subject. I would not think there need be much debate on the matter anyways, it is rather self-evident. Would you suggest that exposure to pr0n is in any way beneficial for kids?
"Since when did violence == sex? Sex and violence in media are two different things completely, despite their being commonly grouped together by people with Christian backgrounds"
What are _you_ trying to imply?
Just as excess violence is not appropriate for children, I would suggest that pr0n is not appropriate for children either, and that is regardless of one's religious affiliation or lack thereof.
"You probably think that porn, violence, sex, etc in movies and on the Internet will harm your kid. Prove that. " Actually, a number of peer-reviewed studies have demonstrated that there *IS* a link between consupmtion of violence (tv, movies) and violent behaviour. Check out some journals some time. "Porn does not devalue or demoralize women; that has been proven. " Where? Which academic studies _prove_ this? "However, that doesn't stop legislators and people like you from spreading false information." What information was false? You throw in some dubious quote that is not attributed to anyone and accuse others? Show me some facts...
"you better believe i had X rated movies as an 11 year old" This could explain a lot actually. At what age did the paranoia set in?
So exactly how much disk space would this guy need? Packet sniffers can consume lots of disk. Packet sniffers are not the appropriate tool for the job. A decent proxy/firewall would work much better.
What can *I* use so that I won't get fooled into following any links to goatse that the trolls like to hide in seemingly innocuous posts? Is there a goat filter?
it's called a firewall and logs every outbound request (source address, destination address, protocol, etc. etc.)
:-)
As an added bonus, it protects your network from all the script kiddies out there
"First of all, there is the matter of special effects. When I was a kid, the low-cos special effects of Doctor Who did not bother me, because I had rnough imagination to pretend that the special effects were not so cheesy. Also, the level of expectation people had for quality special effects in the 1970s and 1980s were not the level of expectations people have today." Doctor Who was *great* television because of the actoring, direction, and (mostly) killer scripts. Yes, the special effects were cheesy, but nobody ever watched the show for the special effects. If it were possible to assemble a good cast with good scripts and a decent budget, I think the show could be successful but it would have to be different. I liked all of the different incarnations of Doctor Who, but if it comes back, it has to bring something new and interesting to the table. Nobody will continue to watch it just because it is Who. Look at the movie, it was Doctor Who in name only.
When Dirk Gentley's Holistic Detective Agency was published, I really enjoyed the novel.
However, when I viewed "Shada", I was really disappointed. DGHDA's plot was not very similar in some respects to Shada. Okay, it was still Douglas' own work so it is not as if he plagarized, but still...
Re-using code is a virtue among programmers, but I am not sure it is a virtue among writers.
"Does this mean he's going to back in time and lobotomise Bill Gates?"
In "Genesis of the Daleks", The Doctor could not destroy the Daleks as it would make him no better than they were.
However, I am sure that he could justify killing Gates, because Bill is *way* more evil than the Daleks.
Unfortunately Bill is probably like Davros, and very difficult to kill...
"A lot of Dr Who (and Star Trek) was writen by it's fans."
Star Trek is not exactly the best example here. ST:TNG got very preachy and, let's face it, dull towards the end. Same for Voyager - couldn't wait for it to finish.
"The made for TV movie was NOT a fan job..."
The movie was a disgrace. It was more of a (bad) X-Files episode than Doctor Who.
"The books were profesion and it was a profesional addaption. That is the problem. Writing isn't a job of cold profesionalism but of passionet fan-ish stuff."
Some of the Doctor Who novels are pretty good. I agree that the best works would come from someone who is really passionate about Who and understands what is canonical and why.
Yet some of the novels are written by people who may not be serious fans, but are passable writers who are able to construct an interesting story given the right tools.
If you have talent as a writer, you can apply that talent to different genres.
"The other Doctors had their charms, it's true, but Tom Baker WAS The Doctor. And Douglas Adams wrote a couple of his eposides (The Pirate Planet being the one I can recall off the top of my head.) Proof enough, if you ask me. "
While I really respect Douglas Adams as an author, some of the script editing he did was poor. Too much shameless self-promotion by way of gratuitous HHGTTG references and cheesy jokes that detraceted from the plot.
The Pirate Planet was *NOT* one of his finer efforts. Now City Of Death, that was probably his best effort. They even got John Cleese to do a cameo!
That's the *only* thing you did not understand?
If it's anything like the University I attended:
> 1) Demand a copy of the agreement
It will be publicly available. Code of conduct and network acceptable use policies are not hard to find.
> 2) Was this agreement signed by you and by them ?
When a student enrolls, I suspect that there is a clause that indicates each student agrees to abide by a certain code of conduct. When applying for network access, there is usually a note indicating that you agree to the acceptable use policy.
> 3) Were you 18 when you signed it ?
Irrelevant as the registration forms are signed every year, and flikx has got to be over 18 by now.
None of those three questions are valid.
When I browse via IE, I have noticed it regularly checks with micro$oft to see if there are any "updates" available. Most users use IE. No wonder micro$oft is at the top of the list, and I don't even have to browse there myself!
Actually, given the number of security advisories related to micro$oft products, people are probably downloading the latest patches.
And big fixe^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H service packs.
Yeah, that's the ticket.
I suspect it will all be a part of .NET - micro$oft will be the key granting authority and the key distributor, and since they have access to both the public and private keys (all hosted on their servers) *that* is when the NSA key in your windows registry will come in handy...
What me paranoid?
This explains a lot really.
I just *knew* that Brittney Spears (or some other pre-fab trendy pop-artist du jour) wasn't making it on talent alone.
But why do people buy into it? Pre-fab groups have been around since the Monkees, and the record companies keep churning out these low or no talent groups who have the right look, and the fans snap up the albums/concert tickets/schwag...
The way I see it, if there are dancers on stage, and no sign of a live band, the music is almost certainly crap.
Maybe they were able to partake in micro$oft's "shared souce" program and found that they were being ripped off?
I *had* a cable modem. Maybe my experience was not typical, but IMHO the @home network has really crappy availability. Their DNS servers were never available. I found another ISP to pull DNS from, and then I could not access the internet as the default router was down alot.
I set up some automation on my home system to validate connectivity to the outside world, and I averaged more than 50 hours of outage time per week. when I finally got through to the tech support department to complain, they suggested there was a problem with my Windows and I should re-boot and see if that helps. I explained I don't use Windows, and they ended the call because I was using an un-supported OS. Bastards.
I now have a DSL modem, and the only major outage I have experienced was when there was a fire at the CO.
Cable modems? No thanks.
Well, if there are finite financial resources and a limited amount of time to make the movie, my guess would be that Square would render the movie and dub it in a languate so as to appeal to the largest possible movie-going audience.
Apparently that audience is English speaking...