In my working experience, while inability to safely drive a vehicle or properly operate machinery is cause enough for firing, I have YET to see anyone fired from a job due to their inability to properly is a computer. Even if using one is ESSENTIAL to their job. Even if their reckless usage causes actual damages.
I can't see how responsible computer use will get to be expected in the home user world when businesses don't even expect their employees to properly use them.
Maybe if governments stopped acting like hordes of dicks that need to be publicly flayed for the actions they perpetrate there wouldn't be a need for ANY site that any government would hate. But given that governments are made of people, and often chosen by people, and people are generally ignorant hateful fuckwads I don't see that happening any time soon. Butcher them all I say, too many people on this rock anyway.
LEARN to use the equipment necessary to DO YOUR JOB just like a mechanic learns to use the tools he needs and THEN maybe you can spout off about us supporting you. Most IT support roles could be eliminated if the end users weren't either blithering idiots or pathologically scared of computers. Seriously, if you can't remember your password how do you manage to drive a car to work and back every day?
No, the problem with "If you have done nothing wrong, you have nothing to hide" is that those who seek to employ it WON'T let it be applied to them as well.
Why do I doubt that I will never see the US get back to the moon, let alone anywhere else, in my lifetime? I was a little kid when the moon missions ended, I don't even remember them. But it was exciting to know that something like that could be accomplished. Its revolting that this country doesn't really DO anything anymore. We will never get back to the moon. Hell, I bet we never get anything rebuilt on the twin tower's site.
I'll never understand why respecting someone else's religious views (or lack there of) is such a bad thing?
It is MY belief that I should be free from anyone else's "religious" bullshit and that if they choose to try to push it on me that I should be free to kill them in the manner that I deem fit.
So you can respect MY beliefs as well.
Anyone who wants to do me harm for NOT cowing to their beliefs is going to meet a miserable end if they want to get into my face about it. Period. Full stop. End of fucking story.
Customers who bought the games for consoles don't seem to be having any problems.
Well that's just lovely then.
I don't play console games, I can't stand the controllers.
But please quit the bullshit that my PC needs to have an active internet connection to run a fucking game! Part of why I even BUY games that are even worth playing as single player is because my network connection is often for crap (no matter what Verizon's CEO wants to tell you) even though I live in a city, and if I want to play a single player game chances are its because my network is flaky or that I'm somewhere without net access.
If they want to demand network access DRM, then THEY can pay for the connection required.
If their product doesn't work due to their retarded DRM scheme it should be legally returnable, and that's what people should be doing. Send the crap back. Demand you money back. If you don't get it, go to your state's attorney general.
Well, all us "computer people" were made DIFFERENT from the likes of Master Electricians when someone arbitrarily determined that we are exempt from overtime.
If I was getting paid for off-hours emergencies and long weeks and weekend project work, maybe it would be a valid comparison, but as it is now, its not.
Actually, MD and VA passed UCITA, which supposedly makes licenses enforceable even if agreeing to it is dubious at best, i.e. by reading this you agree to give me a puppy.
Doesn't this strike anyone as a bit weird given the centuries of Swiss neutrality that was bought by supplying mercenary armies to whoever would pay? Including the Pope?
'every member of a subversive organization, or an organization subject to foreign control, every foreign agent and every person who advocates, teaches, advises or practices the duty, necessity or propriety of controlling, conducting, seizing or overthrowing the government of the United States... shall register with the Secretary of State.'
Do they ever even consider running these things past a high school English teacher or equivalent before they put them to a vote?
If the herculean jump from 1.6lbs to 3.9lbs (for example, the Fujitsu LifeBook tablet-convertable) is going to break your arms off then god help you if you ever need to carry an actual textbook around for any length of time.
Well, from MY perspective, its pretty simple really. Computers and related items used to be one of the extremely few product groups that were actually marketed to ME. And now we are seeing the final end of that, a good amount has been done away with already. If everyone else starts heading toward the same "turn it into a locked-down toaster" methodology, than I'm once again marginalized out of the marketplace. I am frankly TIRED of having to settle for shit-quality products (from my perspective) because I only represent 0.05% of the total marketplace. Sure I might have some alternatives, but they are generally orders of magnitude higher in price for what usually amount to a few added features, or construction from materials that aren't designed to need replacing in 2-3 years.
The iPad is a perfect example. (Funny how I've heard people tout it as being a replacement for DVD/Blueray players when it doesn't even have an optical drive) My desired device? The only thing that even comes close is the Axiotron after-market MacBook mod: http://www.axiotron.com/index.php?id=modbook
This is even lacking is some things I'd like, some of which will likely be covered with their upcoming unibody MacBook Pro mod, but the price point I've heard for those puts the base models at close to $5000. And still no built-in physical keyboard.
The ASUS Eee PC T91MT is an interesting option, but I still want a built-in in optical drive and the horsepower to run CS4 snappily in a roughly 10-12" screened platform.
Anyone listening out there? Apple? Give me a FULL computer in the form-factor I'm looking for please. I realize it'll still be close to $2000 right out the gate but right now the ONLY WAY you get close to what I want to buy is via a third party going all Frankenstein on your laptops. And if you can do it for $1000, you WILL conquer the netbook market, but the iPad is no threat to them AT ALL. Its just more money with less features.
What I was hoping for in an Apple netbook/tablet:
NOT locked down so that you must buy any and all applications for your device through the App Store. NOT locked down so that you can’t download Mac binaries and run them on your iPad. NOT locked down so that you can’t up load files through web forms from the browser. NOT locked down so that you don’t have complete control over your file system. 5Mplx camera. Physical keyboard (at least as an optional model) Standard video out ports, and a wireless beaming option. More than 18 different types of files supported as attachments. (compressed archives is not one of these) 720p support. FULL Multi Tasking. Standard ports, especially USB ports, built in. Optical Drive (CD/DVD/Blu-Ray) Ability to access network shares. Ability to adjust the devices font size. Ability to adjust the devices UI.
You know, the Mac tablet PC that Apple has been rumor-mongering for the past however many years.
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In my working experience, while inability to safely drive a vehicle or properly operate machinery is cause enough for firing, I have YET to see anyone fired from a job due to their inability to properly is a computer. Even if using one is ESSENTIAL to their job. Even if their reckless usage causes actual damages.
I can't see how responsible computer use will get to be expected in the home user world when businesses don't even expect their employees to properly use them.
...some clever bastard rigs up something that is triggered by an x-ray detector?
And SOOOOO much easier to beat. Stop at an intersection and have drivers switch cars.
You'd think the stupid police would realize they are supposed to be tracking THE SUSPECT, not the vehicle.
Some of us still know how to read a map....
with an organization that every government hates
Maybe if governments stopped acting like hordes of dicks that need to be publicly flayed for the actions they perpetrate there wouldn't be a need for ANY site that any government would hate. But given that governments are made of people, and often chosen by people, and people are generally ignorant hateful fuckwads I don't see that happening any time soon. Butcher them all I say, too many people on this rock anyway.
Should work REAL well with LiveCD OSes.
Funny, Lucas himself said exactly the opposite in 1977.
LEARN to use the equipment necessary to DO YOUR JOB just like a mechanic learns to use the tools he needs and THEN maybe you can spout off about us supporting you. Most IT support roles could be eliminated if the end users weren't either blithering idiots or pathologically scared of computers. Seriously, if you can't remember your password how do you manage to drive a car to work and back every day?
No, the problem with "If you have done nothing wrong, you have nothing to hide" is that those who seek to employ it WON'T let it be applied to them as well.
Why do I doubt that I will never see the US get back to the moon, let alone anywhere else, in my lifetime? I was a little kid when the moon missions ended, I don't even remember them. But it was exciting to know that something like that could be accomplished. Its revolting that this country doesn't really DO anything anymore. We will never get back to the moon. Hell, I bet we never get anything rebuilt on the twin tower's site.
Do you tap all the phones too?
"blindsides" is pretty appropriate given the app was approved 3 times prior.
You think a whole society that murders thousands of people for a lie does not have a problem with empathy?
A whole society? Please, you act like G W Bush personally called everyone for their approval to sent in the troops.
I'll never understand why respecting someone else's religious views (or lack there of) is such a bad thing?
It is MY belief that I should be free from anyone else's "religious" bullshit and that if they choose to try to push it on me that I should be free to kill them in the manner that I deem fit.
So you can respect MY beliefs as well.
Anyone who wants to do me harm for NOT cowing to their beliefs is going to meet a miserable end if they want to get into my face about it. Period. Full stop. End of fucking story.
Wasn't Nine Inch Nail's first stuff all originally done by Reznor in the studio?
Hire a band for crying out loud.
Customers who bought the games for consoles don't seem to be having any problems.
Well that's just lovely then.
I don't play console games, I can't stand the controllers.
But please quit the bullshit that my PC needs to have an active internet connection to run a fucking game! Part of why I even BUY games that are even worth playing as single player is because my network connection is often for crap (no matter what Verizon's CEO wants to tell you) even though I live in a city, and if I want to play a single player game chances are its because my network is flaky or that I'm somewhere without net access.
If they want to demand network access DRM, then THEY can pay for the connection required.
If their product doesn't work due to their retarded DRM scheme it should be legally returnable, and that's what people should be doing. Send the crap back. Demand you money back. If you don't get it, go to your state's attorney general.
Well, all us "computer people" were made DIFFERENT from the likes of Master Electricians when someone arbitrarily determined that we are exempt from overtime.
If I was getting paid for off-hours emergencies and long weeks and weekend project work, maybe it would be a valid comparison, but as it is now, its not.
Actually, MD and VA passed UCITA, which supposedly makes licenses enforceable even if agreeing to it is dubious at best, i.e. by reading this you agree to give me a puppy.
How about copying a ripped CD from your home system to a relative's in another state while you are visiting for the holidays so you can listen to it?
What is evil about what they were originally working on?
The fact that they are re-copyrighting public domain works as their own?
What gives a library the right to allow Google to create a search-able index of copyright works?
This info comes from librarians and researchers at the Library of Congress, the DOJ and several university libraries.
Also, they are an ADVERTISING company, which makes them evil by their very existence.
Doesn't this strike anyone as a bit weird given the centuries of Swiss neutrality that was bought by supplying mercenary armies to whoever would pay? Including the Pope?
'every member of a subversive organization, or an organization subject to foreign control, every foreign agent and every person who advocates, teaches, advises or practices the duty, necessity or propriety of controlling, conducting, seizing or overthrowing the government of the United States ... shall register with the Secretary of State.'
Do they ever even consider running these things past a high school English teacher or equivalent before they put them to a vote?
If the herculean jump from 1.6lbs to 3.9lbs (for example, the Fujitsu LifeBook tablet-convertable) is going to break your arms off then god help you if you ever need to carry an actual textbook around for any length of time.
MacBooks are only 4.7lbs themselves.
I just want a PROPER tablet-format PC from Apple.
Well, from MY perspective, its pretty simple really. Computers and related items used to be one of the extremely few product groups that were actually marketed to ME. And now we are seeing the final end of that, a good amount has been done away with already. If everyone else starts heading toward the same "turn it into a locked-down toaster" methodology, than I'm once again marginalized out of the marketplace. I am frankly TIRED of having to settle for shit-quality products (from my perspective) because I only represent 0.05% of the total marketplace. Sure I might have some alternatives, but they are generally orders of magnitude higher in price for what usually amount to a few added features, or construction from materials that aren't designed to need replacing in 2-3 years.
The iPad is a perfect example. (Funny how I've heard people tout it as being a replacement for DVD/Blueray players when it doesn't even have an optical drive) My desired device? The only thing that even comes close is the Axiotron after-market MacBook mod: http://www.axiotron.com/index.php?id=modbook
This is even lacking is some things I'd like, some of which will likely be covered with their upcoming unibody MacBook Pro mod, but the price point I've heard for those puts the base models at close to $5000. And still no built-in physical keyboard.
The ASUS Eee PC T91MT is an interesting option, but I still want a built-in in optical drive and the horsepower to run CS4 snappily in a roughly 10-12" screened platform.
Anyone listening out there? Apple? Give me a FULL computer in the form-factor I'm looking for please. I realize it'll still be close to $2000 right out the gate but right now the ONLY WAY you get close to what I want to buy is via a third party going all Frankenstein on your laptops. And if you can do it for $1000, you WILL conquer the netbook market, but the iPad is no threat to them AT ALL. Its just more money with less features.
What I was hoping for in an Apple netbook/tablet:
NOT locked down so that you must buy any and all applications for your device through the App Store.
NOT locked down so that you can’t download Mac binaries and run them on your iPad.
NOT locked down so that you can’t up load files through web forms from the browser.
NOT locked down so that you don’t have complete control over your file system.
5Mplx camera.
Physical keyboard (at least as an optional model)
Standard video out ports, and a wireless beaming option.
More than 18 different types of files supported as attachments. (compressed archives is not one of these)
720p support.
FULL Multi Tasking.
Standard ports, especially USB ports, built in.
Optical Drive (CD/DVD/Blu-Ray)
Ability to access network shares.
Ability to adjust the devices font size.
Ability to adjust the devices UI.
You know, the Mac tablet PC that Apple has been rumor-mongering for the past however many years.
I read that as "distributed copulation" for some reason. I need more sleep.