To put it bluntly, to think as the parent did one would have to consider giving instead of "having". Fuck those who can't make it as well as the person next to me.
Why invade Sudan which has for the last decade exsperienced genocide after genocide? What do they have to offer me? Nada! Let them die for all I care, they deserve whatever they get.
I whole-heartedly support our presidents decision to invade Iraq. Our grand conquest will fuels both our SUV's and our national "surplus" of oil which we keep in tightly regulated for the "end of days".. it is after all our Governments intention to be the overlord of petrol once the "supply" runs dry..our own a global monopoly. But hey.. we'll be numero uno, so who cares? I wont, since my SUV will have plenty to guzzle from while others kill each other for it IN THE 3rd WORLD.. heh.. like they count. Fuck those "knee-jerk bleeding heart" liberals. US 1st is what I say!! US first... fuck that, me first!
IMHO I think that/. just needs to stop playing favs and start cheking links and post thing that are relevant whether or not they think the poster is "acceptable". If the link is there and the source is accurate, they should post. PLenty of time however, they have posted eronious stories. That fact alone demonstrates that/. plays favs and do not fact check.
No illusion. I have engadget.com bookmarked because the stories show up there faster. So tell me, do the corps send press releases to them directly and do they even have a press core? No. They are no different from/.
My point which I willl try to make as clear as day is: Why does/. reprint from other reprint sources? It's getting to the point where it's like looking into an Escher drawing. A mirror into a mirror into a mirror.
Maybe/. is very underground.. but having seen/. articals posted on the homepage of news.google.com leads me to think other have the same impression of/. being a relevent news outlet.
Being that I've posted a couple stories that were never posted at all.. stories never posted at all whether by me or anyone at all that were entirely relevent to this site, and seeing many similar gripes by other users it leads me to belive that/. has some issues in it's news collection dept. Correct me if I'm wrong.
I already read the engadget article much much earlier. Saddens me to say, but is this the harbinger of the end of/.'s media relevency?
I mean, if/. continues upon this line of reposting from blogs, wy not just go to the blogs themselves? Or is/.'s future just to be an outlet/media-spokesite for Roland and engadget et al? Why are so many topics not posted here first? While I enjoy free media, is/.so unknown thhat the personal bloggers get the first scoop? If so.... what can be done to change this? Are the editors being too draconian in rejection or have people just lost faith in story acceptance?
Sorry if you think this post a troll, just a question based upon countless topics posted that have already been posted elsewhere.
Because the answer is never simple and the course of action never clear. Why? Because greed, self interest and preservation of power is the true governer of all nations.
The retirement of the Assualt Weapons Ban is as clear an example as you can get. After the bill became law the well monied minority (the NRA) put their dollars to work not in the lobies, but against the Democratic Congressmen who voted for the ban. The result? The Democrats lost the House majority for the first time in 40 years. So when it came to voting on a renewal, our esteemed and wise President boldly proclaimed that he would support an extension if it passed Congress. Of course he said this with the knowledge that the Democratic minority muchless the Republican majority would touch the issue with a 10 foot pole.
Why? Greed -- voting for it would gaurantee no NRA money for their campaign coffers Self interest -- voting for it would likely put their seat in the house in jeopardy Preservation of Power -- losing their seat would weaken their parties power in the House and jeopardize the party from being able to pass their agendas and block their opponents agendas.
You see, by Bush's stating he would support it if passed was a diplomatic way of saying "Yeah right, like that's gonna happen. But if hell does freeze over, it's got my full support." So he can swing some of the anti-gun groups vote while laughing it up with the NRA who contribute to his cause. Maybe now you understand Bush's 2000 election platform of "compassionate conservative"
Now take the above and apply it back to your post. A candidate must be able to present a "possible course of action" but mince it in such a way to make it appealing across the board and keeping the wording as broad as possible so he's able to compromise on the issue in the event he actually is able to push that agenda. After all, no agenda get's pushed without major concessions to the opposition. So you see, it's not currently possible for a politician to be clear and simple -- the reality of washington would never allow for it.
Ohhh and In case you didn't already know, unemployed presidential speech writers ghost write horroscopes and fortune cookies to make rent.
I'm an Webaddict.I didn't see it at first, how it hurt my family and loved ones. I didn't care to think about the people I'd rob to pay my subscription fees to the porn sites. And there's so many porn sites, soon the 7-11 wasn't enough, I had to hit the Shell stations and the Stop 'n Go, one morning I was real desperate and hit up the Krispy Kreme and I even took all the change in the big styrofoam cup, heh... I still can't forget the helpless look on that guys face. I don't know why I did it. Maybe it was because majormellons.com had just become a thing called a port hole or something... 35 brands of big busty broads... I... I just couldn't help myself or something... yeah... and so much tit, more tit than you'd ever seen before, soon I was at 200 subsrciptions to all these other port holes and I was like the tit god of the frikken universe! All those girls at my finger tips, mpegs, jpeg galleries, live web feeds! All of it Mine MIne MIne!!! I was a real live electronic sex god! Whoooyah muthfukahhh! A sex god!!!! You hear that? A real live electronic sex... mmmmfhhhhhh... sex godmmmpthhhhh....
"And now we'd like to introduce another new member, Neville"
I just got through watching the premier at the Embarcaro in SF and this is one of the rare sequels to live up to the original. Definitely a thinking mans movie with some serious eye candy. All I can say is AMAZING.
If you take your action/sci-fi Hollywood-style and find dialogue/plot to be boring, then this is not the movie for you.
To me, this movie is on a level on par with Blade Runner. The world they create in this movie is extremely rich the story is engaging and thought provoking -- they took all the elements of GS:1 and raised it to a new level. I'm definitely hoping for a 3rd installment by the same producers.
Sorry for being so blunt, but unless she's able to park the car in a secure area such as a garage, there's basically nothing that you can do beyond a car alarm to deter a break in.
The only other deterent I can think of is to get a beater mobile. But even then, those get broken into for the spare change and $50 stereo inside.
This is a primary reason why auto insurance costs less in areas with lower crime rates -- there's not much you can do to deter a petty theif doing a simple smash and grab on a car.
"Microsoft always wants to extend Windows even into areas where it does not belong."
Yet when./ posts about of Linux on a wristwatch et al people tend to root and cheer. Personally, I agree with your sentiment. A large scale general purpose OS can only consume more than it's share of scarce resources on a micro-device. However, in the future as computational power and memory resources grow ever smaller, the amount of bloat for the OS may matter less. For all we know, we'll see sixth generation "portable media centers" capable of playing DoomIII of course the display will look like crap on the holographic emitter and controlling the gameplay with hand gestures will be a chore, I'm sure it will be a hit for the hardcore game enthusiest;)
You little people do not "get" Ninja humor for it is beyond you. Nor should you attempt to "get" it, for it shall burst your head like a thousand pointy shurikans.
So leave now and never speak to me again or meet the wrath my mighty hokidoken flying monkey claw!
I've never bought USB keys/watches/butt-plugs or any other gadget they could stick a memory card into.
I do however own a very large iPod and what's nice it it plays music. So I just put on my white ear-buds while I'm getting busy ripping off valuable client data to sell to my other "clients", The fools just think I'm just downloading from their MP-3 server.
A USB keychain??? That would be far too obvious.
Besides, the one time some security guard did try to stop me on my way out, I just made like I couldn't hear him. Unfortunately for him he made the very grave mistake of laying a finger on me. That ill fated finger was quickly chopped off.
"He's not suspicious in the least no matter how suspicious he's acting. Plus, he doesn't have much time and wouldn't mind as much giving up his life for some radical cause. Keep up the good work, men!"
You sir are a great patriot, and this is why Bush needs 4 more years! Personally, how do you know your loved ones and friends aren't secretely part of a terrorist cell?
I say take anyone that doesn't qaulify as "normal" and lock them up for our good and theirs.
We need more fear people!!! Trust no one! We need more patriots like the parent poster who are willing to sacrifice their freedoms for some real safety and security! With more men like him, I'm sure we can get rid of the that pinko constitution in no time.
Also... we need to outlaw garage door openers because I've found my chances of death by garage door opener are just as great if not greater than dying in a terrorist attack!
Bush, if you read slashdot, ban all garage door openers now!
President Bush called for an impromptu press conference today to inform the nation of a new threat in the War on Terror.
"I'd like to start by thanking the brave and strong Americans at home and abroad who have stood by our troops and supported our efforts in the War on Terror. Today I bring news of an even greater threat. Our intellegence shows that a New Dictator has gained power and established a large network of terrorist computer cells in homes and offices around the country. This New Dictator is Linus Torvolds and I can assure you he hates America, he hates Capitolism and he hates Freedom. Today we begin our war with another terrorist, a terrorist that is bent on destroying Corporate America and our way of life. Already he has duped many of our citizens and corporations to convert to "Linux" a terrorist organization no less dangerous than Al Qaeda or the brutal Dictatorship of Saddam Hussein. We must band together and stamp out this threat to our liberties and safety. Today I have appointed Steve Balmer as Special Consultant for the creation of the Desktop Security Agency which shall be a part of the Homeland Security Agency. Together with Tom Ridge and Donald Rumsfeld, Mr. Balmer shall create a roadmap of shock and awe to root out and destroy this new threat before it is too late."
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From the Article: "The versions of Lucas' beloved films that are on these new DVDs are not the original theatrical releases but the special editions that played in theaters in 1997. Rumor have circulated about additional changes, but Ward would not deny or confirm them. "We want to encourage our fans to check them out themselves."
If this is in fact true, I say don't buy the god damned things. Tell Lucas you're fed up with his constant reworking of a classic that needs no changing and that you want the unadulterated original release on DVD without any scene edits for DVD. Personally, Lucas needs to stand down and let others do the creative work.
"Rather, I'd not buy anything from Apple in hopes of it working with the songs I legally purchased.
WTF are you talking about? I've ripped my entire collection of 500+ CD's to MP3 on my powerbook and put them on my iPod without a single problem.
And as far as this bit of troll-speak:
"Apple has no right to tell *me* what *I* can or cannot do with *my* hardware and *my* music."
Apple is probably the biggest user advocate in the OS market today. Sure, it's a commercial OS, but considering you get a bevy of media production tools included with that OS at no extra cost that allow you to create movies (iMovie), rip CD audio (iTunes), create your own music (GrarageBand), produce DVD's (iDVD) and burn to DVD and CD with no major restrictions, I really have to say you're talking out of your ass on this.
"He is relatively uneducated, no college, he went to an "alternative" high school (meaning: the uneducatable, problem child school)
Of course American Highschools are the greatest standard to hold a person up to. Anyone that opted out or went to an "alternative school" instead are clearly mentally inferior to those who firmly accept the system and do as they are told.
I believe it is your statements here that give rise to books such as Brave New World, 1984 and other future-dystopias where everyone is but a cog in a State run machine in which free thought, individuality and expression outside the "accepted protocols" are shunned.
Funny how Abraham Lincoln would fit your description of the "uneducatable". He was after all a backwoods boy who had no formative education, grew up in poverty and was in fact self-tought. It was through his individual merits that he became the man we all know and respect.
So your statement shows quite clearly that the US educational institution is in fact not teaching people to be individual, critical thinkers but conformists with a biggotry against people unlike themselves.
I always use Rijndael, since RijnDael is AES! And yes I use a 256bit key as my standard.
And as long as I've ever used AES I've been under the distinct impression that the AES (rijndael) algorithm uses three cipher key strengths: 128, 192, or 256-bit encryption key.
So feed me some links that show me I'm wrong here people.
Geee some people have no sense of humor. Try getting out more, some fresh air and a stiff drink would definitely do you some good.
For the humor impaired or with hyperactive anal cavities: IT WAS A JOKE,buying a new machine for a version upgrade from Doom2 to Doom3 yadda yadda yadda.
I know I know... it was waaaaaaaaayyyyy to subtle a joke.
While I nice attempt at a buying guide I saw nothing regarding any sort of section on overclocking/tweaking a Pentium II/VooDoo Doom2 machine to play Doom3.
Obviously this is just a marketing guide by the ultra-evil conspiracy between iD/nVidia/Dell to get you to buy a new rig just for a measely version upgrade.
I've been using AES-256 on all my projects that deal with sensitive data since ohhh -- 2001.
Considering that DES has been relegated to hack toy status for some time now and triple-DES is only marginally better since it's just DES encryption done threefold I think this is a very wise but belated move.
And when Hollywood even makes fun of an encryption grade by showing a guy breaking it in 60 seconds while getting a BLOWJOB, you KNOW it's time to stop using it!
"What does paying via a money order have to do with anything? -- If you paid via credit card and it never showed up, you'd at least be able to do a charge back. With a money order, you're out of luck."
Sort of answered your own question there, didn't you? yeah, maybe that's why I use half a braincell and follow up with the seller before I commit to a transaction, because when I send a money order for $4,200, I want to make sure I'm not shit out of luck, or maybe you couldn't wrap your pointy little head around that deep concept?
Ohh and my post got modded down as flamebait because I have 0 sympathy for the dumbass who got suckered by some ignorant fuckwad on eBay... boohoo. Next time I'll remember to join in the mindless slashdot chorus and weep for the dumbasses that screw themselves and heed the idiots that answer their own questions. And I'll be sure to go cry for all those dumbshits that suckered by 419 scammers while I'm at it.
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You sir are correct.
.. it is after all our Governments intention to be the overlord of petrol once the "supply" runs dry ..our own a global monopoly. But hey.. we'll be numero uno, so who cares? I wont, since my SUV will have plenty to guzzle from while others kill each other for it IN THE 3rd WORLD .. heh.. like they count.
To put it bluntly, to think as the parent did one would have to consider giving instead of "having". Fuck those who can't make it as well as the person next to me.
Why invade Sudan which has for the last decade exsperienced genocide after genocide? What do they have to offer me? Nada! Let them die for all I care, they deserve whatever they get.
I whole-heartedly support our presidents decision to invade Iraq. Our grand conquest will fuels both our SUV's and our national "surplus" of oil which we keep in tightly regulated for the "end of days"
Fuck those "knee-jerk bleeding heart" liberals. US 1st is what I say!! US first... fuck that, me first!
NO.
/. just needs to stop playing favs and start cheking links and post thing that are relevant whether or not they think the poster is "acceptable". If the link is there and the source is accurate, they should post. PLenty of time however, they have posted eronious stories. That fact alone demonstrates that/. plays favs and do not fact check.
IMHO I think that
Maybe that is the root of the problem.
No illusion. /.
/. reprint from other reprint sources? It's getting to the point where it's like looking into an Escher drawing. A mirror into a mirror into a mirror.
/. is very underground .. but having seen /. articals posted on the homepage of news.google.com leads me to think other have the same impression of /. being a relevent news outlet.
/. has some issues in it's news collection dept. Correct me if I'm wrong.
I have engadget.com bookmarked because the stories show up there faster. So tell me, do the corps send press releases to them directly and do they even have a press core? No.
They are no different from
My point which I willl try to make as clear as day is: Why does
Maybe
Being that I've posted a couple stories that were never posted at all.. stories never posted at all whether by me or anyone at all that were entirely relevent to this site, and seeing many similar gripes by other users it leads me to belive that
I already read the engadget article much much earlier. /.'s media relevency?
/. continues upon this line of reposting from blogs, wy not just go to the blogs themselves? Or is /.'s future just to be an outlet/media-spokesite for Roland and engadget et al? Why are so many topics not posted here first? While I enjoy free media, is /.so unknown thhat the personal bloggers get the first scoop? If so.... what can be done to change this? Are the editors being too draconian in rejection or have people just lost faith in story acceptance?
Saddens me to say, but is this the harbinger of the end of
I mean, if
Sorry if you think this post a troll, just a question based upon countless topics posted that have already been posted elsewhere.
When will we get simple, clear answers?
Because the answer is never simple and the course of action never clear. Why? Because greed, self interest and preservation of power is the true governer of all nations.
The retirement of the Assualt Weapons Ban is as clear an example as you can get. After the bill became law the well monied minority (the NRA) put their dollars to work not in the lobies, but against the Democratic Congressmen who voted for the ban. The result? The Democrats lost the House majority for the first time in 40 years. So when it came to voting on a renewal, our esteemed and wise President boldly proclaimed that he would support an extension if it passed Congress. Of course he said this with the knowledge that the Democratic minority muchless the Republican majority would touch the issue with a 10 foot pole.
Why?
Greed -- voting for it would gaurantee no NRA money for their campaign coffers
Self interest -- voting for it would likely put their seat in the house in jeopardy
Preservation of Power -- losing their seat would weaken their parties power in the House and jeopardize the party from being able to pass their agendas and block their opponents agendas.
You see, by Bush's stating he would support it if passed was a diplomatic way of saying "Yeah right, like that's gonna happen. But if hell does freeze over, it's got my full support." So he can swing some of the anti-gun groups vote while laughing it up with the NRA who contribute to his cause. Maybe now you understand Bush's 2000 election platform of "compassionate conservative"
Now take the above and apply it back to your post.
A candidate must be able to present a "possible course of action" but mince it in such a way to make it appealing across the board and keeping the wording as broad as possible so he's able to compromise on the issue in the event he actually is able to push that agenda. After all, no agenda get's pushed without major concessions to the opposition. So you see, it's not currently possible for a politician to be clear and simple -- the reality of washington would never allow for it.
Ohhh and In case you didn't already know, unemployed presidential speech writers ghost write horroscopes and fortune cookies to make rent.
I'm an Webaddict.I didn't see it at first, how it hurt my family and loved ones. I didn't care to think about the people I'd rob to pay my subscription fees to the porn sites. And there's so many porn sites, soon the 7-11 wasn't enough, I had to hit the Shell stations and the Stop 'n Go, one morning I was real desperate and hit up the Krispy Kreme and I even took all the change in the big styrofoam cup, heh... I still can't forget the helpless look on that guys face. I don't know why I did it. Maybe it was because majormellons.com had just become a thing called a port hole or something... 35 brands of big busty broads... I ... I just couldn't help myself or something... yeah... and so much tit, more tit than you'd ever seen before, soon I was at 200 subsrciptions to all these other port holes and I was like the tit god of the frikken universe! All those girls at my finger tips, mpegs, jpeg galleries, live web feeds! All of it Mine MIne MIne!!! I was a real live electronic sex god! Whoooyah muthfukahhh! A sex god!!!! You hear that? A real live electronic sex ... mmmmfhhhhhh ... sex godmmmpthhhhh....
"And now we'd like to introduce another new member, Neville"
I just got through watching the premier at the Embarcaro in SF and this is one of the rare sequels to live up to the original. Definitely a thinking mans movie with some serious eye candy. All I can say is AMAZING.
If you take your action/sci-fi Hollywood-style and find dialogue/plot to be boring, then this is not the movie for you.
To me, this movie is on a level on par with Blade Runner. The world they create in this movie is extremely rich the story is engaging and thought provoking -- they took all the elements of GS:1 and raised it to a new level. I'm definitely hoping for a 3rd installment by the same producers.
Sorry for being so blunt, but unless she's able to park the car in a secure area such as a garage, there's basically nothing that you can do beyond a car alarm to deter a break in.
The only other deterent I can think of is to get a beater mobile.
But even then, those get broken into for the spare change and $50 stereo inside.
This is a primary reason why auto insurance costs less in areas with lower crime rates -- there's not much you can do to deter a petty theif doing a simple smash and grab on a car.
Remember, in the war on terror "national security" trumps commen sense every time.
"Microsoft always wants to extend Windows even into areas where it does not belong."
./ posts about of Linux on a wristwatch et al people tend to root and cheer. Personally, I agree with your sentiment. A large scale general purpose OS can only consume more than it's share of scarce resources on a micro-device. ;)
Yet when
However, in the future as computational power and memory resources grow ever smaller, the amount of bloat for the OS may matter less. For all we know, we'll see sixth generation "portable media centers" capable of playing DoomIII of course the display will look like crap on the holographic emitter and controlling the gameplay with hand gestures will be a chore, I'm sure it will be a hit for the hardcore game enthusiest
You little people do not "get" Ninja humor for it is beyond you.
Nor should you attempt to "get" it, for it shall burst your head like a thousand pointy shurikans.
So leave now and never speak to me again or meet the wrath my mighty hokidoken flying monkey claw!
I've never bought USB keys/watches/butt-plugs or any other gadget they could stick a memory card into.
I do however own a very large iPod and what's nice it it plays music. So I just put on my white ear-buds while I'm getting busy ripping off valuable client data to sell to my other "clients", The fools just think I'm just downloading from their MP-3 server.
A USB keychain???
That would be far too obvious.
Besides, the one time some security guard did try to stop me on my way out, I just made like I couldn't hear him. Unfortunately for him he made the very grave mistake of laying a finger on me.
That ill fated finger was quickly chopped off.
Hahahahahahah
iPod == Ultimate Ninja Tool
Just got through watching my Blade Runner DVD again.
Remember the origami unicorn? Fold your own.
"He's not suspicious in the least no matter how suspicious he's acting. Plus, he doesn't have much time and wouldn't mind as much giving up his life for some radical cause. Keep up the good work, men!"
You sir are a great patriot, and this is why Bush needs 4 more years! Personally, how do you know your loved ones and friends aren't secretely part of a terrorist cell?
I say take anyone that doesn't qaulify as "normal" and lock them up for our good and theirs.
We need more fear people!!! Trust no one! We need more patriots like the parent poster who are willing to sacrifice their freedoms for some real safety and security! With more men like him, I'm sure we can get rid of the that pinko constitution in no time.
Also... we need to outlaw garage door openers because I've found my chances of death by garage door opener are just as great if not greater than dying in a terrorist attack!
Bush, if you read slashdot, ban all garage door openers now!
President Bush called for an impromptu press conference today to inform the nation of a new threat in the War on Terror.
"I'd like to start by thanking the brave and strong Americans at home and abroad who have stood by our troops and supported our efforts in the War on Terror. Today I bring news of an even greater threat. Our intellegence shows that a New Dictator has gained power and established a large network of terrorist computer cells in homes and offices around the country. This New Dictator is Linus Torvolds and I can assure you he hates America, he hates Capitolism and he hates Freedom. Today we begin our war with another terrorist, a terrorist that is bent on destroying Corporate America and our way of life. Already he has duped many of our citizens and corporations to convert to "Linux" a terrorist organization no less dangerous than Al Qaeda or the brutal Dictatorship of Saddam Hussein. We must band together and stamp out this threat to our liberties and safety. Today I have appointed Steve Balmer as Special Consultant for the creation of the Desktop Security Agency which shall be a part of the Homeland Security Agency. Together with Tom Ridge and Donald Rumsfeld, Mr. Balmer shall create a roadmap of shock and awe to root out and destroy this new threat before it is too late."
From the Article:
"The versions of Lucas' beloved films that are on these new DVDs are not the original theatrical releases but the special editions that played in theaters in 1997. Rumor have circulated about additional changes, but Ward would not deny or confirm them. "We want to encourage our fans to check them out themselves."
If this is in fact true, I say don't buy the god damned things.
Tell Lucas you're fed up with his constant reworking of a classic that needs no changing and that you want the unadulterated original release on DVD without any scene edits for DVD.
Personally, Lucas needs to stand down and let others do the creative work.
"Rather, I'd not buy anything from Apple in hopes of it working with the songs I legally purchased.
WTF are you talking about? I've ripped my entire collection of 500+ CD's to MP3 on my powerbook and put them on my iPod without a single problem.
And as far as this bit of troll-speak:
"Apple has no right to tell *me* what *I* can or cannot do with *my* hardware and *my* music."
Apple is probably the biggest user advocate in the OS market today. Sure, it's a commercial OS, but considering you get a bevy of media production tools included with that OS at no extra cost that allow you to create movies (iMovie), rip CD audio (iTunes), create your own music (GrarageBand), produce DVD's (iDVD) and burn to DVD and CD with no major restrictions, I really have to say you're talking out of your ass on this.
"These are the primary colors of light, which is what you learn in physics class."
You were taking physics in second grade?
I had to learn about the light wheel while mixing finger paints.
"He is relatively uneducated, no college, he went to an "alternative" high school (meaning: the uneducatable, problem child school)
Of course American Highschools are the greatest standard to hold a person up to. Anyone that opted out or went to an "alternative school" instead are clearly mentally inferior to those who firmly accept the system and do as they are told.
I believe it is your statements here that give rise to books such as Brave New World, 1984 and other future-dystopias where everyone is but a cog in a State run machine in which free thought, individuality and expression outside the "accepted protocols" are shunned.
Funny how Abraham Lincoln would fit your description of the "uneducatable". He was after all a backwoods boy who had no formative education, grew up in poverty and was in fact self-tought. It was through his individual merits that he became the man we all know and respect.
So your statement shows quite clearly that the US educational institution is in fact not teaching people to be individual, critical thinkers but conformists with a biggotry against people unlike themselves.
McBride saying "No More Lawsuits" is like an alchoholic saying "No more alchohol" after beating on his wife and kids.
Who knows, maybe there's some 12-step program he can join.
I always use Rijndael, since RijnDael is AES! And yes I use a 256bit key as my standard.
And as long as I've ever used AES I've been under the distinct impression that the AES (rijndael) algorithm uses three cipher key strengths: 128, 192, or 256-bit encryption key.
So feed me some links that show me I'm wrong here people.
"On the topic of said troll"
Geee some people have no sense of humor.
Try getting out more, some fresh air and a stiff drink would definitely do you some good.
For the humor impaired or with hyperactive anal cavities:
IT WAS A JOKE,buying a new machine for a version upgrade from Doom2 to Doom3 yadda yadda yadda.
I know I know... it was waaaaaaaaayyyyy to subtle a joke.
*feh*
While I nice attempt at a buying guide I saw nothing regarding any sort of section on overclocking/tweaking a Pentium II/VooDoo Doom2 machine to play Doom3.
Obviously this is just a marketing guide by the ultra-evil conspiracy between iD/nVidia/Dell to get you to buy a new rig just for a measely version upgrade.
*feh*
Nice to hear they got some good consulting.
I've been using AES-256 on all my projects that deal with sensitive data since ohhh -- 2001.
Considering that DES has been relegated to hack toy status for some time now and triple-DES is only marginally better since it's just DES encryption done threefold I think this is a very wise but belated move.
And when Hollywood even makes fun of an encryption grade by showing a guy breaking it in 60 seconds while getting a BLOWJOB, you KNOW it's time to stop using it!
"What does paying via a money order have to do with anything? -- If you paid via credit card and it never showed up, you'd at least be able to do a charge back. With a money order, you're out of luck."
Sort of answered your own question there, didn't you?
yeah, maybe that's why I use half a braincell and follow up with the seller before I commit to a transaction, because when I send a money order for $4,200, I want to make sure I'm not shit out of luck, or maybe you couldn't wrap your pointy little head around that deep concept?
Ohh and my post got modded down as flamebait because I have 0 sympathy for the dumbass who got suckered by some ignorant fuckwad on eBay... boohoo. Next time I'll remember to join in the mindless slashdot chorus and weep for the dumbasses that screw themselves and heed the idiots that answer their own questions. And I'll be sure to go cry for all those dumbshits that suckered by 419 scammers while I'm at it.