And what do you think our American goverment does day in and day out? The better part of the world whole heartedly despises the US, and frankly, if I were in their position, I probably would to.
But despite this, the pilots are still humans, with feelings too. They see people dying back in the passsenger seating, and if they are told that everyone will be safe if the plane is just given up (whether it is the truth or not) the pilot may see his chance to save the people. Granted that in all likelihood, these hypothetical hijakkers probably had plans to kill the passengers anyway, but if not, could someone really live with the deaths of an entire passenger plane on their conscience?
When your on a plane, and it is being hijaked, the standard human response is that of panic. Most people don't think well in panic. The situation these people were placed it was probably almost surreal in their minds. Though it would only require one person to get the uprising against the captors started, it is hard to be that one person. You can never be sure the others will follow, and that is if you can even think clear enough to think about it.
I talked to somebody who had talked to somebody else who was in the first tower hit. I am pretty sure he said he was on the 30th floor (though I may have misunderstood) and he managed to get out. He said that it was fine until he got down to about the 16th floor, and then it was just chaos. People were jumping out of windows left and right because of the major slow downs in getting out. Luckily, the guy managed to make it out.
We as Americans need to keep level heads. Going around placing empty blame is only going to get us into more trouble. Trouble that we don't need at a time like this. Let's get some evidence first before we begin the accusations.
Whoever did it is probably long since dead. My bet is that it was a few random angry people who decided that they needed to get some sort of revenge on the US.
The question is, do they really believe they can turn a profit quick enough for it not to hurt them badly. It is gonna take time to get everything ready for the first people interested in going up, and once they get to that point, I think that people will be a little hesitant at jumping aboard a space shuttle and heading off to some space hotel.
Exactly. The site.org has absolutely nothing to do with the content of Battlebots and therefore Battlebots INC (or whoever it is demanding the domain) really has no rights to do so.
Bringing the fact that the owner of battlebots.org is a script kiddie really has nothing to do with the issue at hand. He could be the worst human being in the world, but the fact is he still has the right to the domain.
Amen to that. Being able to check over your data before you send it their way is always nice. On top of that, I suck at speaking over a phones. What I am trying to say always comes out wrong, and with email, I am writing it all down which in almost every case will lead to a better product so to speak.
Telephone is far more immediate however, but it still does have its troubles.
Yeah, I really don't know how to say what I want to. I do think some sort of ruling on domain names needs to be implemented to keep things working without huge problems but how that can be accomplished is beyond me.
I think your taking his post a little too far. There is a big difference between having either a mispelled current domain to trick users into visiting than to have a site (that is named...slashdot for example) on the domain that doesn't seem to match. Amazon.com is a company name, hence relating the domain to the site..but that is really irrelevant.
The fact of the matter is someone needs to be watching out for the web users. I certainly wouldn't have enjoyed being in my school district's shoes when a computer teacher told a class to go to the whitehouse site, and about two thirds of the class went to www.whitehouse.com. It musta been really fun trying to explain to those kids parents when they were all pissed that their children saw some pornography.
People make typo's, make mistakes in choosing the proper.com,.org,.net, etc....and those people don't deserve to be forced to see something offesnive.
Exactly. Why are humans so unintelligent sometimes? It is their own damn fault that they weren't handling it properly and let it take the damage from the static electricty. What do they want the PDA companies to do? Package the thing in three feet of static protective material....
Do you expect these parents to watch out and make sure that their kids are always doing what they should? Definitely not an upside. The child needs to be taught to do stuff right without being watched over constantly. -------------
Amen to that. Seriously, what is wrong with being prepared. People need to learn from past mistakes and realize getting stuff done before it is needed is definitely the way to go! -------------
How much spam do you really get. I have been around for five years and have held the same email address. I use it publically on many different sites and use no spam protection. I get no more than 5 spam emails and often none in a week. The only time I have ever gotten spam was when I signed up to use hotmail for a short amount of time. I used it at one site which I had been using my regular email at. I get about 50 spam emails a week at the address now. It isnt in use anywhere else. Hotmail sucks, don't use it.
Either way, spammers may have my email, but its just as easy to hit delete as it is for them to hit send. -------------
How can the amount of wire taps not go up?? Seriously. School shootings occuring almost regularly, somewhat recent bombings, etc, etc. It is for our own protection. Why not let the Feds do what they are put their to do and protect us. If they really were trying to screw us, don't ya think they woulda done it a long time ago? -------------
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>>...and pissing off millions of people
And what do you think our American goverment does day in and day out? The better part of the world whole heartedly despises the US, and frankly, if I were in their position, I probably would to.
But despite this, the pilots are still humans, with feelings too. They see people dying back in the passsenger seating, and if they are told that everyone will be safe if the plane is just given up (whether it is the truth or not) the pilot may see his chance to save the people. Granted that in all likelihood, these hypothetical hijakkers probably had plans to kill the passengers anyway, but if not, could someone really live with the deaths of an entire passenger plane on their conscience?
20/20 hindsight.
When your on a plane, and it is being hijaked, the standard human response is that of panic. Most people don't think well in panic. The situation these people were placed it was probably almost surreal in their minds. Though it would only require one person to get the uprising against the captors started, it is hard to be that one person. You can never be sure the others will follow, and that is if you can even think clear enough to think about it.
I talked to somebody who had talked to somebody else who was in the first tower hit. I am pretty sure he said he was on the 30th floor (though I may have misunderstood) and he managed to get out. He said that it was fine until he got down to about the 16th floor, and then it was just chaos. People were jumping out of windows left and right because of the major slow downs in getting out. Luckily, the guy managed to make it out.
Exactly!
We as Americans need to keep level heads. Going around placing empty blame is only going to get us into more trouble. Trouble that we don't need at a time like this. Let's get some evidence first before we begin the accusations.
And like mentioned...the OKC bombing...
Whoever did it is probably long since dead. My bet is that it was a few random angry people who decided that they needed to get some sort of revenge on the US.
*LOL* Nah. Web Programmer. Perl mostly, along with some PHP, and I am making a weak attempt to learn some Python.
Bah, make the users conform to the developers, not the other way around!
That damned paperclip that keeps asking for help when I try to type!!!
The question is, do they really believe they can turn a profit quick enough for it not to hurt them badly. It is gonna take time to get everything ready for the first people interested in going up, and once they get to that point, I think that people will be a little hesitant at jumping aboard a space shuttle and heading off to some space hotel.
Exactly. The site .org has absolutely nothing to do with the content of Battlebots and therefore Battlebots INC (or whoever it is demanding the domain) really has no rights to do so.
Bringing the fact that the owner of battlebots.org is a script kiddie really has nothing to do with the issue at hand. He could be the worst human being in the world, but the fact is he still has the right to the domain.
There is no way Russia can afford something of this magnitude in their current state...
>>IF you feel benevolent, then just give them to >>the local charity or whatever.
;)
Some people do like helping out the lesser fortunate people out there
Amen to that. Being able to check over your data before you send it their way is always nice. On top of that, I suck at speaking over a phones. What I am trying to say always comes out wrong, and with email, I am writing it all down which in almost every case will lead to a better product so to speak.
Telephone is far more immediate however, but it still does have its troubles.
Yeah, I really don't know how to say what I want to. I do think some sort of ruling on domain names needs to be implemented to keep things working without huge problems but how that can be accomplished is beyond me.
"to people who use real OSes"
Sorry. I guess we all can't be a 1337 H4x0r like yourself...
Exactly. WinXP seems a little bit too geared at the group that is entering the computer world, or who are just very casual users.
It follows the MS trend of being far too feature bloated once again!
I know! I hear it is pretty good ;)
I think your taking his post a little too far. There is a big difference between having either a mispelled current domain to trick users into visiting than to have a site (that is named...slashdot for example) on the domain that doesn't seem to match. Amazon.com is a company name, hence relating the domain to the site..but that is really irrelevant.
.com, .org, .net, etc....and those people don't deserve to be forced to see something offesnive.
The fact of the matter is someone needs to be watching out for the web users. I certainly wouldn't have enjoyed being in my school district's shoes when a computer teacher told a class to go to the whitehouse site, and about two thirds of the class went to www.whitehouse.com. It musta been really fun trying to explain to those kids parents when they were all pissed that their children saw some pornography.
People make typo's, make mistakes in choosing the proper
Exactly. Why are humans so unintelligent sometimes? It is their own damn fault that they weren't handling it properly and let it take the damage from the static electricty. What do they want the PDA companies to do? Package the thing in three feet of static protective material....
Do you expect these parents to watch out and make sure that their kids are always doing what they should? Definitely not an upside. The child needs to be taught to do stuff right without being watched over constantly.
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Amen to that. Seriously, what is wrong with being prepared. People need to learn from past mistakes and realize getting stuff done before it is needed is definitely the way to go!
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There were actually three reasons to watch. Rachel Weisz was looking damn hot.
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How much spam do you really get. I have been around for five years and have held the same email address. I use it publically on many different sites and use no spam protection. I get no more than 5 spam emails and often none in a week. The only time I have ever gotten spam was when I signed up to use hotmail for a short amount of time. I used it at one site which I had been using my regular email at. I get about 50 spam emails a week at the address now. It isnt in use anywhere else. Hotmail sucks, don't use it. Either way, spammers may have my email, but its just as easy to hit delete as it is for them to hit send.
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How can the amount of wire taps not go up?? Seriously. School shootings occuring almost regularly, somewhat recent bombings, etc, etc. It is for our own protection. Why not let the Feds do what they are put their to do and protect us. If they really were trying to screw us, don't ya think they woulda done it a long time ago?
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