"Return to Base" is still a mission kill from a police perspective. As long as it's not taking embarrassing videos, whatever else it does is fine.
Then drones will eventually be hardened, use frequency-hopping or burst communication, have longer range optic capabilities, fly at higher altitudes and be stealthier, etc etc. They'll be fixed up to drop remote transmitters, drop cameras into nearby trees and onto nearby buildings, and lots of other tricks.
I'm not sure the authorities can win this one (although I'm sure they'll try).
Yahoo assumes that your phone is protected. This is going to be a problem between friends and lovers who love to share their stuff but not their social media accounts.
Or if your phone is stolen...
The people "running" Yahoo really seem to have no idea what they're doing. I hope that at least they make this an optional service and not a forced change for everyone.
This will work until the drones are equipped with some rudimentary autonomous controls that will take over when the control signal is lost.
It'll just follow its "panic-mode" programming and fly a direct course back to its origin, or loiter far enough away to be out of range of the hostile jamming.
I would have to read the fine print about what they'll be doing with my cell number and would be very leery about handing it to them.
Same here, with the added caveat that "terms and conditions are subject to change". In other words, once they have it they can basically do whatever they want with it and good luck trying to stop them.
"Sorry, didn't you read out new TOS? It explicitly states that we can now sell your phone number to the Mobile Marketing Ad Group in India and Bahrain and Brazil and Mexico and Russia and anywhere else we fucking feel like it."
Seriously, stop treating women like special-needs children who are helpless and confused and in dire need of "adult" guidance.
This kind of thing (ostensibly done with the best of intentions) treats them as if they don't have the intelligence to make their own choices and decisions concerning their career path.
What these "women only" courses and programs are saying essentially is that women are too fragile or delicate or sensitive to survive in the usual job/school environment, which is kind of insulting if you think about it at all.
The vast majority of women I know are intelligent, capable people who would do just fine if special interest groups would just stop treating them like not-too-bright babies in a room full of sharp objects.
The unfortunate truth is that once someone experiences the speed and cleanliness of adblocking, they simply won't go back. Not ever.
This is what finally made me a True Believer. The speed at which pages started appearing was like night and day. *BOOM* (5 seconds versus 25 or 30 seconds)
Instant convert.
Later it became a matter of avoiding malware, but even if malware suddenly stopped being a thing (yeah right) I'd still use a blocker just for the speed increase.
Also, Amazon's return policy is terrific. eBay's is non-existent if the seller is a lying scumbag.
Yep, Amazon "gets it" when it comes to returns.
I've never a problem with returning something, it's always "Okay, here's your pre-printed shipping label, sorry you weren't happy with it, and please let us know if there's anything else we can do." They get it. It makes me much, much more likely to buy from them because I know if anything goes wrong, it's super easy to return it.
In addition, shipping is usually very quick and the prices are generally competitive.
Don't forget that some ads are now a vehicle for malware; ad hosters never vet their content much anymore.
The possibility of ads being infectious malware is the primary reason I block them now. Reducing page load times is the second reason I block them. Being able to find the actual content buried in an ad-laden page is the third reason I block ads.
Make ads less weighty, less intrusive, and less likely to fuck up my PC and I'll think about allowing them again. Maybe.
Well, since you've asked: Never. We do generally take offense to really stupid comments made by unfunny asshats though. Keep it up, son. Your dad must be very proud.
In all fairness I'd have to say that the vast majority of LGBT people I know are cool and don't freak out over silly stuff like this.
A lot of SJWs, however, would likely see this as an "discriminatory issue" and they'll be the ones to suddenly make it a "problem that must be dealt with".
How long before the LGBT community takes offense with the phrase "Let me get this straight..."
It won't necessarily be the LGBT community, most LGBT people I know are cool.
It'll be some some brainless jackass SJW like Laci Green; she'll label it "problematic" and before you know it there'll be a shitload of people screaming about how the phrase "triggers them" and "enables micro-aggressions" and "promotes a cis-centric view", etc etc etc.
"... the flush toilet developed and popularized by Thomas Crapper"
No, contrary to widespread misconceptions, Crapper did not invent the flush toilet.
Via snopes and wikipedia:
Wikipedia: It has often been claimed in popular culture that the slang term for human bodily waste, crap, originated with Thomas Crapper because of his association with lavatories. A common version of this story is that American servicemen stationed in England during World War I saw his name on cisterns and used it as army slang, i.e. "I'm going to the crapper".
Snopes: Alexander Cummings is generally credited with inventing the first flush mechanism in 1775 (more than 50 years before Crapper was born), and plumbers Joseph Bramah and Thomas Twyford further developed the technology with improvements such as the float-and-valve system. Thomas Crapper, said an article in Plumbing and Mechanical Magazine, "should best be remembered as a merchant of plumbing products, a terrific salesman and advertising genius."
I guess it's too much to hope that slashdot editors do even the most rudimentary fact-checking, eh?
And by "thanks" I mean, "thanks for nothing, you pricks."
I'll happily stay on Win 7 until my PC breaks and it can't be fixed or until I get hardware for which there are no Win 7 drivers. Then it'll be time to switch to Linux, perhaps an Unbuntu distro or Mint, which I've heard good things about.
MS knows i"m not alone in feeling this way, and apparently my desires conflict with their business plan.
So I might as well ask now, what distro would people recommend switching to for a desktop box? Or better yet, which ones should I stay away from?
I've never even come close to an Oracle install. What kind of things are in the contract that Oracle audits for?
It's wide open, they can go on a fishing expedition for whatever they want. Typical things (IIRC) were using servers with too many processors, too many instances running, I think there were user limits (?), and all sorts of other stuff.
In the end, they'll find something to ding you for, never fear. It's like if you take your car to a mechanic and ask him to check it, he'll find something that needs to be fixed. The same with dentists, IT techs, heavy equipment inspectors, etc etc etc.
Try pushing millions of transactions a day and you will see that Postgres is a toy too.
MySQL and Postgres will both handle millions of transactions per day as long as the schema properly designed and the queries are reasonably well written. Seriously, millions of transactions a day is no big deal anymore.
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Real programmers use netcat.
I usually just call the sysop and ask him what's on the screen.
"Edge Fastest, But Weak On Standards"
Great, so Edge will show me a crappy, mangled page really really fast!
"Return to Base" is still a mission kill from a police perspective. As long as it's not taking embarrassing videos, whatever else it does is fine.
Then drones will eventually be hardened, use frequency-hopping or burst communication, have longer range optic capabilities, fly at higher altitudes and be stealthier, etc etc. They'll be fixed up to drop remote transmitters, drop cameras into nearby trees and onto nearby buildings, and lots of other tricks.
I'm not sure the authorities can win this one (although I'm sure they'll try).
Yahoo assumes that your phone is protected. This is going to be a problem between friends and lovers who love to share their stuff but not their social media accounts.
Or if your phone is stolen...
The people "running" Yahoo really seem to have no idea what they're doing. I hope that at least they make this an optional service and not a forced change for everyone.
This will work until the drones are equipped with some rudimentary autonomous controls that will take over when the control signal is lost.
It'll just follow its "panic-mode" programming and fly a direct course back to its origin, or loiter far enough away to be out of range of the hostile jamming.
I would have to read the fine print about what they'll be doing with my cell number and would be very leery about handing it to them.
Same here, with the added caveat that "terms and conditions are subject to change". In other words, once they have it they can basically do whatever they want with it and good luck trying to stop them.
"Sorry, didn't you read out new TOS? It explicitly states that we can now sell your phone number to the Mobile Marketing Ad Group in India and Bahrain and Brazil and Mexico and Russia and anywhere else we fucking feel like it."
NO, I do NOT want to receive a fucking text message every time I need to login somewhere.
Fuck you, Yahoo, it's no wonder why you have the craptastic reputation you do.
Seriously, stop treating women like special-needs children who are helpless and confused and in dire need of "adult" guidance.
This kind of thing (ostensibly done with the best of intentions) treats them as if they don't have the intelligence to make their own choices and decisions concerning their career path.
What these "women only" courses and programs are saying essentially is that women are too fragile or delicate or sensitive to survive in the usual job/school environment, which is kind of insulting if you think about it at all.
The vast majority of women I know are intelligent, capable people who would do just fine if special interest groups would just stop treating them like not-too-bright babies in a room full of sharp objects.
I've never been fond of e-readers. I like the feel of the book in my hand.
Same here...there's just something about having an actual book in your hand that no e-reader provides.
I've tried e-readers and "eh" they're okay, but I'll take a real book over an e-reader every time.
The unfortunate truth is that once someone experiences the speed and cleanliness of adblocking, they simply won't go back. Not ever.
This is what finally made me a True Believer. The speed at which pages started appearing was like night and day. *BOOM* (5 seconds versus 25 or 30 seconds)
Instant convert.
Later it became a matter of avoiding malware, but even if malware suddenly stopped being a thing (yeah right) I'd still use a blocker just for the speed increase.
Maybe companies could try to make money selling goods or services instead of ramming ads down peoples throats.
For god's sake, man, stop with the CRAZY talk!!!!
Also, Amazon's return policy is terrific. eBay's is non-existent if the seller is a lying scumbag.
Yep, Amazon "gets it" when it comes to returns.
I've never a problem with returning something, it's always "Okay, here's your pre-printed shipping label, sorry you weren't happy with it, and please let us know if there's anything else we can do." They get it. It makes me much, much more likely to buy from them because I know if anything goes wrong, it's super easy to return it.
In addition, shipping is usually very quick and the prices are generally competitive.
Don't forget that some ads are now a vehicle for malware; ad hosters never vet their content much anymore.
The possibility of ads being infectious malware is the primary reason I block them now.
Reducing page load times is the second reason I block them.
Being able to find the actual content buried in an ad-laden page is the third reason I block ads.
Make ads less weighty, less intrusive, and less likely to fuck up my PC and I'll think about allowing them again. Maybe.
People give churches billions of dollars a year, too. That doesn't mean prayer works.
Stop making sense, there's no place for that here. Slashdot has standards, and we expect you not to meet them.
Carl's Jr keeps on showing me misogynistic ads. I keep not going there anymore.
So...would the same ad featuring buff guys in skimpy briefs be misandrist?
No shit. Thanks for the news flash. Here are some more headlines you might like:
"In Battle With Prosecutors, Ted Bundy Fesses Up To Murdering A Few People"
"In Battle With The World, Justin Bieber Fesses Up To Being A Gigantic Asshole"
"In Battle With Linux Users, Darl McBride Fesses Up To Possibly Bending The Truth A Wee Bit"
Well, since you've asked: Never. We do generally take offense to really stupid comments made by unfunny asshats though. Keep it up, son. Your dad must be very proud.
In all fairness I'd have to say that the vast majority of LGBT people I know are cool and don't freak out over silly stuff like this.
A lot of SJWs, however, would likely see this as an "discriminatory issue" and they'll be the ones to suddenly make it a "problem that must be dealt with".
How long before the LGBT community takes offense with the phrase "Let me get this straight..."
It won't necessarily be the LGBT community, most LGBT people I know are cool.
It'll be some some brainless jackass SJW like Laci Green; she'll label it "problematic" and before you know it there'll be a shitload of people screaming about how the phrase "triggers them" and "enables micro-aggressions" and "promotes a cis-centric view", etc etc etc.
Wait, you mean someone on teh intarwebz might LIE?
Say it isn't so!!
"... the flush toilet developed and popularized by Thomas Crapper"
No, contrary to widespread misconceptions, Crapper did not invent the flush toilet.
Via snopes and wikipedia:
Wikipedia: It has often been claimed in popular culture that the slang term for human bodily waste, crap, originated with Thomas Crapper because of his association with lavatories. A common version of this story is that American servicemen stationed in England during World War I saw his name on cisterns and used it as army slang, i.e. "I'm going to the crapper".
Snopes: Alexander Cummings is generally credited with inventing the first flush mechanism in 1775 (more than 50 years before Crapper was born), and plumbers Joseph Bramah and Thomas Twyford further developed the technology with improvements such as the float-and-valve system. Thomas Crapper, said an article in Plumbing and Mechanical Magazine, "should best be remembered as a merchant of plumbing products, a terrific salesman and advertising genius."
I guess it's too much to hope that slashdot editors do even the most rudimentary fact-checking, eh?
Give a good look at PCBSD.
Thank you, I'll take a look at it and maybe try a live CD if they have one.
If you were going to switch to Linux, you'd have done it already. Microsoft isn't scared of your threat.
I don't care what Microsoft is or isn't scared of, I'm just stating what I'm going to do.
And by "thanks" I mean, "thanks for nothing, you pricks."
I'll happily stay on Win 7 until my PC breaks and it can't be fixed or until I get hardware for which there are no Win 7 drivers. Then it'll be time to switch to Linux, perhaps an Unbuntu distro or Mint, which I've heard good things about.
MS knows i"m not alone in feeling this way, and apparently my desires conflict with their business plan.
So I might as well ask now, what distro would people recommend switching to for a desktop box? Or better yet, which ones should I stay away from?
I've never even come close to an Oracle install. What kind of things are in the contract that Oracle audits for?
It's wide open, they can go on a fishing expedition for whatever they want. Typical things (IIRC) were using servers with too many processors, too many instances running, I think there were user limits (?), and all sorts of other stuff.
In the end, they'll find something to ding you for, never fear. It's like if you take your car to a mechanic and ask him to check it, he'll find something that needs to be fixed. The same with dentists, IT techs, heavy equipment inspectors, etc etc etc.
Try pushing millions of transactions a day and you will see that Postgres is a toy too.
MySQL and Postgres will both handle millions of transactions per day as long as the schema properly designed and the queries are reasonably well written. Seriously, millions of transactions a day is no big deal anymore.