Like it or not, all Windows users are going to be running either Vista or its successors a few years from now. So you'd better get used to it.
Good to know that most people will be running osx or linux in a few years...
Remember, both of those alternatives have two things that Window s7 doesn't have:
They're here now
They're proven, mature products
Vista is not there yet, and its doubtful it will ever be a mature product, with the way that even Microsoft is trying to position it now as just a stop-gap on the road to Windows 7. It really Is VastME.
So you're supposed to go online with your antivirus, which was disabled by Vista update, so that you can download a fix for your now not working antivirus so you can be protected from viruses...
Isn't the whole idea of having a running antivirus so that you can go safely online and download sh*t?
If the SP was going to break your antivirus, the proper behaviour would have been for it to abort itself, and tell you that you need to go to xyz.com or hatever and get an update to your antivirus first...
They broke security in the name of security. Sounds kind of like Viet Nam - "We bombed the village to save it!" (or Iraq for that matter)
you would know that this originally was intended to be a five year mission
Don't look at me - I'm still p*ssed off that the Enterprise's original 5-year mission got cancelled after 3 years, you ignorant clod!
17 years... I can just see it now. Imagine how fat Shatner would have been by the series end? Oh, we don't have to imagine... but he'd still be getting all the green chicks...
And Dr. McCoy could have actually said "I'm dead, Jim!"
No offense to RMS, he's really done so much more than words could express, but as an emacs maintainer, he's been nothing but a roadblock for... well, longer than the lives of half of Slashdot's population. I applaud him for seeing that he's been hindering emacs development instead of helping it and stepping down without succumbing to the arrogance and feeling of "ownership" of a project that some others exhibit.
The reason RMS is stepping down is Emacs doesn't need any more developement - its self-aware, you ignornat clod!
In soviet russia, emacs develops YOU!
The real reason he stepped down - people kept saying "Yes, Emacs is great, but will it run linux?"
Emacs, as Neal Stephenson once said; "outshines all other editors as the noonday sun does the stars" - and it still does
That's only because we're closer to the sun than to all the other stars. In other words, its a matter of perspective. Take a step back, and you'll KNOW that vi outshines emacs;-0
By the early '90s, people were routinely giving source code to their customers, rather than trusting "code escrow" services.
I wasn't only giving source - I was also giving a (legit original paid-for) CD with the compiler and tools.
I figured it was just good marketing - giving them the source was an additional incentive to deal with me instead of a competitor, and when it came time for mods, after they screwed it up, I'd get the business of making it right:-)
At that point I had not yet heard of RMS or the term "open source" - it just made good sense to help differentiate oneself in a competitive market.
"We have 3 bids, all about the same price, but one of them is also giving us the source code." - gee, which one would YOU deal with?
I heard this was so he could have more time to work on HURD
On the negative side, the support for character devices (like sound cards) and other hardware is mostly missing. Although the POSIX interface is provided, some additional interfaces like POSIX shared memory or semaphores are still under development
Well, he could always port HURD so it runs on Emacs...
You're really wrong. Back when they first came out, and gas was, iirc, 59 cents a canadian gallon (and not the $1.24/liter it is today - $4.91 / US gallon or $5.64 / canadian gallon),it was calculated that running lights would cost an extra $25/year in fuel consumption.
Today's running lights take less energy; however, we also drive about 50% more per annum than we did back then, so we still end up consuming at least . Of course, with the hgher price, you're now looking at annual costs easily over $100.00 - still cheap when you take into account the reduced accident rate.
If the packets go through Saudi Arabia or Iran, and you visit them, and they want to make a case out of it, well - you're in their jurisidiction voluntarly. Its certainly no worse than rendition.
What they did was wrong. Maybe the best approach would be a civil suit for wrongful death, a la the Goldmans vs O.J. Simpson.
By law, private personal data (medical, tax records, census info, etc). cannot be exported out of the country, not even for temporary storage or processing. Also, it cannot be used for purposes other than what it was gathered for. I like the idea that businesses can't "negotiate around" this.
We've seen what happens when American medical records get processed in India, where the laws are different, and its a lot harder to bring those responsible for leaks to justice. Why would we want to give anyone a chance to repeat your experience?
Better that the "option" of having sensitive data being allowed to cross into other jurisdictions not even exist. Of course, the American government would rather cave into businesses and HMOs, who make a lot of money doing the "medical transcripts annd billing in India for $$$$".
They definitely cherry-picked their data. On that, there is no question. To say that 66% drove on average 100 fewer miles means that the other 33% either showed no difference, or drove MORE.
When people release slanted / manipulated figures, you're better off assuming the worst, rather than just naively accept them. Follow the money.
In this case, its broadband providers wanting pork.
They already got their pork on this issue a decade ago - and promptly wasted it on buying each other out, and giving themselves big bonuses for doing so. No more cake for them.
Just look at the history of the Social Security Number - it was supposed to be used ONLY for Social Security... now what? Its used as an ID almost everywhere.
And I dumped my gmail account over a year ago - and today (because of creeping big-brotherism) I've changed my search engine as well.
Each new chess move of Google reminds me of the saying "The road to hell is paved with good intentions". Google is becoming Big Brother. Yet few people seem to be able to see its slowly happening.
You know, you're right. Its like the "how to boil a frog" analogy. Time to switch default search engines...
It's "fortunate" that your country prevents two entities from engaging in a consensual exchange of information? That sounds quite repressive to me. I prefer to live somewhere that allows me to make my own decisions, but I understand we all can't handle that level of responsibility.
My medical data is mine. Not any health-care providers... they have absolutely zero right to share it with any business entity, and the law backs me up on it.
We don't need slippery slopes. There are already too many people whose idea of privacy rights is ill-informed - they believe that anyone who wants their privacy respected must have something to hide. As to decision-making, I certainly don't need google's "help" in deciding what is best for me.
66% of broadband users report driving an average of 102 fewer miles per month
This tells us nothing. if the other 34% drove 200 more miles per month ( 50 miles/week - for example, to look at stuff they found on cragislist, or to meet people they chatted with online) then there are zero savings in driving distances. The fact that they didn't give an overall figure shows they cherry-picked, and the real savings is more like 25 miles/month overall.
Another bogus claim:
$35 billion in value from 3.8 billion hours saved per year from accessing broadband at home
WTF is that supposed to mean? That people will suddenly be saving $9.50/hr for every hour they surf the net form home? That's not my experience. Or maybe they're trying to claim that, if people can access the tubes from home, they won't at work... saving their employers $35 billion. Guess they didn't see the studies that showed 70% of all porn is accessed from work...
The "study" is bogus. Its an attempt from the telcos to get more "incentives" from the government.
Is this really how you want all laws enforced? Do you really want laws from one location to apply to another just because it went through the internet? That attitude isn't a slippery slope. It is cliff diving without water.
Wire fraud laws, mail fraud laws, sex with kids in other countries, anti-bribe legislation (after the lockheed bribery scandal), crimes against humanity, war crimes, etc etc... go to Thailand and rent an 8-year-old and let us know how it works out when you try to claim "the law doesn't apply because "it happened out of the country".
decreased the average amount of time residents spent driving by 100 hours per month
Do you really believe that people drove 25 hours less every week - 5 hours less every day, Monday to Friday?
From the stupid article:
Using broadband for health-care services has saved an average of more than $200 per person per year in Kentucky, and residents there drove more than 100 fewer hours per month because of transactions done online, according to the study.
If we allow the "more than $200 der person per year", and put 100% of the savings into savings in driving time, we're looking at $200 per year/1200 hours per year = $0.17 per hour. Do you really believe that it costs only 17 cents to drive an hour? Even idling costs more than that!
Maybe they should put the money into real education - math instead of intelligent design.
Unfortunately, the Section 28-608 that you quoted clearly states at the top of the page that it's a Nebraska law; therefore it doesn't have anything to do with actions that took place in Missouri.
Damn - can we show that some of the packets might have passed through a router in Nebraska?
A quick whois shows myspace is in California, and California makes it a felony misdemeanor:
5)Provides that any person who knowingly sends a false or forged
message by telegraph or telephone with the intent to deceive,
injure or defraud another person, is guilty of an alternate
felony-misdemeanor, punishable by 16 months, 2, or 3 years in
state prison or by one year in the county jail. (Penal Code
Section 474.)
(1) A person commits the crime of criminal impersonation if he or she:
(a) Assumes a false identity and does an act in his or her assumed character with intent to gain a pecuniary benefit for himself, herself, or another or to deceive or harm another;
The reports made it clear that the woman who engaged and encouraged the deception was guilty. She could be charged with impersonation, along with her accomplice.
Bill Gates. Then: founder of Microsoft, popularizer of the word "super". Now: richest guy in the world. After a stint in the 90s as pure evil, semi-retired to focus on philanthropic work.
Milwaukee is so upset they're changing the name of the town to "Hack 'n Sack."
.. Dahmer uses teflon pans so guests don't stick around after dinner.
Know what they found in Dahmer's shower stall? "Head and Shoulders."
Jeffrey Dahmer's invited a couple of his friends over for dinner. In the middle of the meal, one of them turns to him and says, "you know, I really hate your neighbors."
And Jeffrey replies, "That's okay, you can just have the salad."
Q: What did Jeff say before his fellow inmates beat him?
A: Don't mess with me, I used to eat guys like you for breakfast!
I heard that Jeffrey Dahmer did find Jail house religion before he died. Yes its true he vowed to only eat fisherman on fridays
Q: What did Jeffery Dahmer sing while he ate??
A: "My bologna has a first name....."
Q: Did you know Dahmer left a blender on his doorstep??
A: He wanted to greet all the boys with a handshake.
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Remember, both of those alternatives have two things that Window s7 doesn't have:
- They're here now
- They're proven, mature products
Vista is not there yet, and its doubtful it will ever be a mature product, with the way that even Microsoft is trying to position it now as just a stop-gap on the road to Windows 7. It really Is VastME.So you're supposed to go online with your antivirus, which was disabled by Vista update, so that you can download a fix for your now not working antivirus so you can be protected from viruses ...
Isn't the whole idea of having a running antivirus so that you can go safely online and download sh*t?
If the SP was going to break your antivirus, the proper behaviour would have been for it to abort itself, and tell you that you need to go to xyz.com or hatever and get an update to your antivirus first ...
They broke security in the name of security. Sounds kind of like Viet Nam - "We bombed the village to save it!" (or Iraq for that matter)
Don't look at me - I'm still p*ssed off that the Enterprise's original 5-year mission got cancelled after 3 years, you ignorant clod!
17 years ... I can just see it now. Imagine how fat Shatner would have been by the series end? Oh, we don't have to imagine ... but he'd still be getting all the green chicks ...
And Dr. McCoy could have actually said "I'm dead, Jim!"
The reason RMS is stepping down is Emacs doesn't need any more developement - its self-aware, you ignornat clod!
In soviet russia, emacs develops YOU!
The real reason he stepped down - people kept saying "Yes, Emacs is great, but will it run linux?"
That's only because we're closer to the sun than to all the other stars. In other words, its a matter of perspective. Take a step back, and you'll KNOW that vi outshines emacs ;-0
By the early '90s, people were routinely giving source code to their customers, rather than trusting "code escrow" services.
I wasn't only giving source - I was also giving a (legit original paid-for) CD with the compiler and tools.
I figured it was just good marketing - giving them the source was an additional incentive to deal with me instead of a competitor, and when it came time for mods, after they screwed it up, I'd get the business of making it right :-)
At that point I had not yet heard of RMS or the term "open source" - it just made good sense to help differentiate oneself in a competitive market.
"We have 3 bids, all about the same price, but one of them is also giving us the source code." - gee, which one would YOU deal with?
I heard this was so he could have more time to work on HURD
Well, he could always port HURD so it runs on Emacs ...
The display fonts for Netscape under linux look much better than firefox.
Plus, its faster.
Its GOT to be worth something.
Besides, there is one banking site that I need that still doesn't like firefox / linux, but works perfectly with seamonkey.
You're really wrong. Back when they first came out, and gas was, iirc, 59 cents a canadian gallon (and not the $1.24 /liter it is today - $4.91 / US gallon or $5.64 / canadian gallon),it was calculated that running lights would cost an extra $25/year in fuel consumption.
Today's running lights take less energy; however, we also drive about 50% more per annum than we did back then, so we still end up consuming at least . Of course, with the hgher price, you're now looking at annual costs easily over $100.00 - still cheap when you take into account the reduced accident rate.
If the packets go through Saudi Arabia or Iran, and you visit them, and they want to make a case out of it, well - you're in their jurisidiction voluntarly. Its certainly no worse than rendition.
What they did was wrong. Maybe the best approach would be a civil suit for wrongful death, a la the Goldmans vs O.J. Simpson.
By law, private personal data (medical, tax records, census info, etc). cannot be exported out of the country, not even for temporary storage or processing. Also, it cannot be used for purposes other than what it was gathered for. I like the idea that businesses can't "negotiate around" this.
We've seen what happens when American medical records get processed in India, where the laws are different, and its a lot harder to bring those responsible for leaks to justice. Why would we want to give anyone a chance to repeat your experience?
Better that the "option" of having sensitive data being allowed to cross into other jurisdictions not even exist. Of course, the American government would rather cave into businesses and HMOs, who make a lot of money doing the "medical transcripts annd billing in India for $$$$".
They definitely cherry-picked their data. On that, there is no question. To say that 66% drove on average 100 fewer miles means that the other 33% either showed no difference, or drove MORE.
When people release slanted / manipulated figures, you're better off assuming the worst, rather than just naively accept them. Follow the money.
In this case, its broadband providers wanting pork.
They already got their pork on this issue a decade ago - and promptly wasted it on buying each other out, and giving themselves big bonuses for doing so. No more cake for them.
For now ...
Just look at the history of the Social Security Number - it was supposed to be used ONLY for Social Security ... now what? Its used as an ID almost everywhere.
And I dumped my gmail account over a year ago - and today (because of creeping big-brotherism) I've changed my search engine as well.
You know, you're right. Its like the "how to boil a frog" analogy. Time to switch default search engines ...
My medical data is mine. Not any health-care providers ... they have absolutely zero right to share it with any business entity, and the law backs me up on it.
We don't need slippery slopes. There are already too many people whose idea of privacy rights is ill-informed - they believe that anyone who wants their privacy respected must have something to hide. As to decision-making, I certainly don't need google's "help" in deciding what is best for me.
Over my dead body? Ha! Not even then!
Fortunately, this sort of activity is illegal in Canada (PIPEDA), so I for one won't ever have to welcome your google overlords.
There's lies, damned lies, and statistics.
This tells us nothing. if the other 34% drove 200 more miles per month ( 50 miles/week - for example, to look at stuff they found on cragislist, or to meet people they chatted with online) then there are zero savings in driving distances. The fact that they didn't give an overall figure shows they cherry-picked, and the real savings is more like 25 miles/month overall.Another bogus claim:
WTF is that supposed to mean? That people will suddenly be saving $9.50The "study" is bogus. Its an attempt from the telcos to get more "incentives" from the government.
The math is more than dubious - its impossible:
Do you really believe that people drove 25 hours less every week - 5 hours less every day, Monday to Friday?
From the stupid article:
If we allow the "more than $200 der person per year", and put 100% of the savings into savings in driving time, we're looking at $200 per year/1200 hours per year = $0.17 per hour. Do you really believe that it costs only 17 cents to drive an hour? Even idling costs more than that!
Maybe they should put the money into real education - math instead of intelligent design.
Damn - can we show that some of the packets might have passed through a router in Nebraska?
A quick whois shows myspace is in California, and California makes it a felony misdemeanor:
5)Provides that any person who knowingly sends a false or forged message by telegraph or telephone with the intent to deceive, injure or defraud another person, is guilty of an alternate felony-misdemeanor, punishable by 16 months, 2, or 3 years in state prison or by one year in the county jail. (Penal Code Section 474.)So, since the data went through California ...
Impersonation with intent to deceive.
US law - Section 28-608 Criminal impersonation; penalty; restitution.
The reports made it clear that the woman who engaged and encouraged the deception was guilty. She could be charged with impersonation, along with her accomplice.
A billion ain't what it used to be ...
entirely safe for work - black dresses, no bare boobies - and if you look on wikipedia, it also explains the differences in breast size ...
I'm sorry to disappoint you, but their breast size isn't related to their genes ... more likely how much plastic they could charge on their plastic ...
BTW - you keep spelling their name wrong - "Dahm", not "Dalmer". Are you thinking too much about the "Milwaukee Cannibal?"
Jeffrey Dahmer jokes:
Q: What other charges will be filed against Dahmer?
A: Selling arms to Iran.
Q: What did Dahmer say to the police when they arrested him?
A: Oh, come on, have a heart.
Q: Why did Dahmer put the head in the refrigerator?
A: To see if the light really turned off.
Q: What does the ad for Dahmer's apartment say?
A: Apartment for rent, roommate included, some assembly required.
Q: Did you hear that Dahmer got out on bail?
A: Yeah, he had to put up an arm and a leg.
Q: Did you hear that Dahmer sold his Chevette?
A: It just didn't have enough leg room.
Dahmer used body parts to brew his own beer. Trouble was, when you poured it out, it had no head.
Q: Know why Jeffrey Dahmer didn't eat clowns?
A: They taste funny.
Milwaukee is so upset they're changing the name of the town to "Hack 'n Sack."
Know what they found in Dahmer's shower stall? "Head and Shoulders."
Jeffrey Dahmer's invited a couple of his friends over for dinner. In the middle of the meal, one of them turns to him and says, "you know, I really hate your neighbors."
And Jeffrey replies, "That's okay, you can just have the salad."
Q: What did Jeff say before his fellow inmates beat him?
A: Don't mess with me, I used to eat guys like you for breakfast!
I heard that Jeffrey Dahmer did find Jail house religion before he died. Yes its true he vowed to only eat fisherman on fridays
Q: What did Jeffery Dahmer sing while he ate??
A: "My bologna has a first name....."
Q: Did you know Dahmer left a blender on his doorstep??
A: He wanted to greet all the boys with a handshake.
http://www.redeldorado.com/images/svibe_2002/people8.jpg http://wizardofodds.com/photos/triplets_22k.jpg
Sisters, fraternal twins, ... but all from one egg? They're easy to tell apart, even when they try to look identical.