It seems we think it's ok for us to allow the pollution of remote lands because we think it doesn't affect us, and they went along with the deal anyway, right? I see this every day. I don't have to go to China or anywhere else to find this mindset or the outcome. I only need to look off to the side of every road. People throw their garbage everywhere, and they don't care because, "Fsck it, it's not my home...It doesn't affect me."
Well, we live on this Earth together, and pollution doesn't just go away. It moves. It stays on this rocky planet. I don't think this is news, but another late realization we are fscking ourselves, and some of us are fscking greedy assholes.
Crappy movies, people talking and texting on their phones, and one more reason not to go to the movie theater!!!
I wasn't itchy until I read your comment:)
Agreed. Gold is just a nice looking metal, and not exactly as immediately as useful as food. Every object we use to determine wealth can be bs depending on usefulness and demand. I'ts all supply and demand. My point was not to say that gold was the end all, be all solution, but that at least gold is tangible. It has physical uses and applications much like what Wycliffe mentions about oil/gas. I don't see that with bitcoin. Perhaps it could be seen as a store of labor, same as money, but my hangup is probably the spending of money in the form of electrical use to mine bitcoins.
My intent was not to troll as modded above (the mod system is not perfect), but to discuss. I'm glad some people decided to contribute something of value.
Having experience with actual Russians with actual Russian high-schooling and degrees, I can safely say their education system is far better than Western countries.
In all seriousness, is it the educational system or the culture? I think we would have much better teachers, educated adults and test scores if we emphasized studying the core sciences and applying hard work instead of filling our brains with entertainment garbage like twerking and honey boo boo.
What money went poof? These were bitcoins which aren't worth anything if people aren't willing to buy into them. At most they should be worth the electric bill used to mine them. And one could argue the USD isn't worth anything anymore either as we aren't using the gold standard to back them up. It seems like an excuse to kill bitcoin, heighten inflation, and further decrease the value of the USD. What's the point of printing that $28M ?
*Sigh*, I wish more people thought this way. Our societies, economies, and governments would be so much better. There is too much waste and ridiculous spending going on! People don't live within their means.
Exactly. They seem to be comparing device numbers, and yes, all those devices are technically computers. But a tablet or simple mp3 player is not the same type of computing device as a desktop PC. They should do a 1:1 comparison in each computing device category. An iPad and to a much further extent an iPod can not do all the things a Desktop PC may do.
I wonder if people are crazy enough and stubborn enough to try and pirate those special "pay for" updates? LOL, that would be the perfect vector for an unsavory individual who wanted to exploit those future vulnerabilities you mentioned and the unfortunately stubborn XP'er would be trying to patch.
So long as they have all been digitized, could the old documents not be put to better use through donation or at least be recycled? They are made of paper, correct?
Let us hope the data doesn't contain any PII, and if it does, that it is shredded first.
mkv files are containers. They may contain many types of codecs within. I think you are right, and the XBox must not have the decoding capabilities for whatever codec resides in some of those mkv's.
Plex was highly recommended, and installed easily, but will see some.mkv files, but not others, for no obvious reason
MKV is a container. It surrounds whatever codec happens to be inside of it. You could very easily use a tool like gspot to analyze the file for the inner codec, and add the required packages/libraries to open and play said file.
I don't think that's a limitation of Plex, but a lack of required codec software packages on your machine. I've heard wonderful things about Plex.
I've seen many people on food stamps buy the most expensive meat and seafood. Then they would have a second order of alcohol and tobacco which was not payable via food stamps. They were overweight, had multiple kids, and were wearing gaudy jewelry, talking on their cell phones during the transaction.
I think there are people in the world that really are trying hard to succeed on their own and do need assistance. I've seen them too. But I think we have an issue with how government assistance is being handled. It should be reformed to cut those which abuse it.
Sadly, I think our country is stuck in a toxic, dualistic mindset where you are either Dem or Rep. And neither are helping to fix the problems we should be facing as a unified nation.
I said, "You may not want those two people to know who the other person is". They may still be acquainted with each other, or even best friends. They just don't know that they both have the other half of the password. And that is if said person with amnesia set it up that way.
Not true. You don't need to remember who you gave the halves to. They need to remember. Really you could designate these individuals in a health care power of attorney document.
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Adobe can choke and die on its DRM if it wants. I hope the ebook community can find an open alternative.
They'll erupt from both ends!!!!
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Apparently designed for California as well...
It seems we think it's ok for us to allow the pollution of remote lands because we think it doesn't affect us, and they went along with the deal anyway, right? I see this every day. I don't have to go to China or anywhere else to find this mindset or the outcome. I only need to look off to the side of every road. People throw their garbage everywhere, and they don't care because, "Fsck it, it's not my home...It doesn't affect me."
Well, we live on this Earth together, and pollution doesn't just go away. It moves. It stays on this rocky planet. I don't think this is news, but another late realization we are fscking ourselves, and some of us are fscking greedy assholes.
Crappy movies, people talking and texting on their phones, and one more reason not to go to the movie theater!!! I wasn't itchy until I read your comment :)
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Agreed. Gold is just a nice looking metal, and not exactly as immediately as useful as food. Every object we use to determine wealth can be bs depending on usefulness and demand. I'ts all supply and demand. My point was not to say that gold was the end all, be all solution, but that at least gold is tangible. It has physical uses and applications much like what Wycliffe mentions about oil/gas. I don't see that with bitcoin. Perhaps it could be seen as a store of labor, same as money, but my hangup is probably the spending of money in the form of electrical use to mine bitcoins.
My intent was not to troll as modded above (the mod system is not perfect), but to discuss. I'm glad some people decided to contribute something of value.
I have not, and I think that is equally as silly. They're just helping drive up the price. Those commercials are annoying as fsck!!!
Basically, since the year 2000, they’ve gotten pretty good at these kind of planned crises
Apparently not. If they had, the crisis would have been avoided all together. They would have upgraded by now.
Having experience with actual Russians with actual Russian high-schooling and degrees, I can safely say their education system is far better than Western countries.
In all seriousness, is it the educational system or the culture? I think we would have much better teachers, educated adults and test scores if we emphasized studying the core sciences and applying hard work instead of filling our brains with entertainment garbage like twerking and honey boo boo.
Do they have that nonsense in Russia?
What money went poof? These were bitcoins which aren't worth anything if people aren't willing to buy into them. At most they should be worth the electric bill used to mine them. And one could argue the USD isn't worth anything anymore either as we aren't using the gold standard to back them up. It seems like an excuse to kill bitcoin, heighten inflation, and further decrease the value of the USD. What's the point of printing that $28M ?
*Sigh*, I wish more people thought this way. Our societies, economies, and governments would be so much better. There is too much waste and ridiculous spending going on! People don't live within their means.
Exactly. They seem to be comparing device numbers, and yes, all those devices are technically computers. But a tablet or simple mp3 player is not the same type of computing device as a desktop PC. They should do a 1:1 comparison in each computing device category. An iPad and to a much further extent an iPod can not do all the things a Desktop PC may do.
The X-Files movie is coming true!!! Bee-ware the corn!!!!!!!!!!
I wonder if people are crazy enough and stubborn enough to try and pirate those special "pay for" updates? LOL, that would be the perfect vector for an unsavory individual who wanted to exploit those future vulnerabilities you mentioned and the unfortunately stubborn XP'er would be trying to patch.
Doesn't matter. I've already switched my father to Linux.
Microsoft is just putting off the inevitable shitstorm.
So long as they have all been digitized, could the old documents not be put to better use through donation or at least be recycled? They are made of paper, correct?
Let us hope the data doesn't contain any PII, and if it does, that it is shredded first.
MediaInfo appears to be a friendlier alternative which also supports Windows/Linux/Mac.
mkv files are containers. They may contain many types of codecs within. I think you are right, and the XBox must not have the decoding capabilities for whatever codec resides in some of those mkv's.
Plex was highly recommended, and installed easily, but will see some .mkv files, but not others, for no obvious reason
MKV is a container. It surrounds whatever codec happens to be inside of it. You could very easily use a tool like gspot to analyze the file for the inner codec, and add the required packages/libraries to open and play said file. I don't think that's a limitation of Plex, but a lack of required codec software packages on your machine. I've heard wonderful things about Plex.
I've seen many people on food stamps buy the most expensive meat and seafood. Then they would have a second order of alcohol and tobacco which was not payable via food stamps. They were overweight, had multiple kids, and were wearing gaudy jewelry, talking on their cell phones during the transaction.
I think there are people in the world that really are trying hard to succeed on their own and do need assistance. I've seen them too. But I think we have an issue with how government assistance is being handled. It should be reformed to cut those which abuse it.
Sadly, I think our country is stuck in a toxic, dualistic mindset where you are either Dem or Rep. And neither are helping to fix the problems we should be facing as a unified nation.
WTF
I said, "You may not want those two people to know who the other person is". They may still be acquainted with each other, or even best friends. They just don't know that they both have the other half of the password. And that is if said person with amnesia set it up that way.
Not true. You don't need to remember who you gave the halves to. They need to remember. Really you could designate these individuals in a health care power of attorney document.