I find it's good practice to avoid bringing up politics no matter who I'm talking to... Plus, as a strict political Centrist, I find that I'm equally despised by everyone: too 'liberal' for the 'conservatives' and vice-versa.:-P
I think the best part of a multi-party system is that the inter-party squabbling limits the government's interference with our lives. I think if there were more viable parties, we'd all be better off.
I have a Galaxy Tab, which uses Gorilla Glass, and it's amazing. It does what it promises.
I don't think the current crop of tablets is a fad; I think we've reached the point of no return, and they're here to stay. HOWEVER, I think they are a niche, and not an everyday-game-changer the way the iphone form factor was. They are exceedingly useful for some applications (far more so than laptops), and the multi-touch interfaces finally give them a usability that was always lacking from earlier tablet iterations.
Amen, brother. I'm so saddened that Google is going the way of Microsoft and dumbing everything down with every successive iteration. It took me weeks to find a workaround once Google silently disabled the "num=100" argument from their search results, and the spelling "mistakes" auto-corrector is yet another change that I have to contort my search parameters around. I miss the old, powerful days of google when they still like power users. (And don't even get me started on Google mobile...)
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Ummm.... the DVI spec supports both analog and digital connections. There are three types of DVI: DVI-A (analog only), DVI-D (digital only), and DVI-I (integrated analog and digital). Any DVI-A and DVI-I interface has direct 1:1 capability with VGA; it's simply RGBHV. So DVIVGA adapters do exist - it's only for VGA->DVI-D that a converter is necessary.
I use Opera and Firefox for different things, but 99% of my browsing is with Opera (and Opera Mini on my phone... there's nothing for love or money that's comparable there). I turned off my disk cache altogether and set memory cache to Automatic. I find my CPU temperature goes up after watching Flash-heavy sites such as YouTube, but going into the settings and clicking the Empty button on the cache page brings it right back down to normal. It's faster and more responsive than using the disk cache ever was.
FWIW, I also turned off the cache and cookies directly in Flash (on the Adobe website) for all sites, and have not noticed any issues with content whatsoever, so that may help as well.
I had the option of paying $60 for a pair of (decent) off-brand cleats or $150 for a pair of Nike cleats. I bought the Nike pair, thinking the quality was worth the price. Ten YEARS of heavy use later (that's ten seasons of football (soccer) and ultimate frisbee) they are still going strong and do not need to be repaired. So assuming the $60 pair lasted 3 years, that's $20/year vs. $15/year for mine. Add to that that the pair I bought had several useful features the others lacked that have served me well for the past decade, and I am absolutely certain I got the best value for my money.
All that has to be done is for a company to make a module with a flashable keyspace. Then the end-user can add the master key to the device themselves, and nobody gets in trouble (unless they start sharing the content).
You're right in a way, and wrong in a way. Law enforcement officers hold an office of Public Trust. While it's correct that they are not *employees* of the Public, insofar as any member of the Public cannot order them about, they are still accountable to the Public (and all of its constituents thereof). Video recordings are a powerful means by which to ensure that accountability is retained. Thus it does have a great and necessary bearing on the taxpayers.
While technically correct, you're missing the point of the document. The US Constitution and the Declaration of Independence both expressly recognize that there some "natural" rights granted by a power higher than the government: "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights".
And the Bill of Rights is similar. While not "granting" the rights, per se (because they are granted by the "Creator", and cannot therefore be granted by the government), it expressly forbids the government from passing any law which artificially restricts those rights.
A lot of jurisdictions allow only one vehicle in each lane of the intersection at any time. The yellows are timed such that one vehicle has time (and the responsibility) to clear the intersection, but if you're the second vehicle in the intersection when the light turns yellow, you could be in trouble.
That, in my estimation, is most likely the basis for your friend's denial.
There's a hell of an expanse between "not supporting" hardware and specifically targeting it to kill it. Would you be happy with a REQUIRED new wheel for your car that wouldn't allow it to run with anything other than GM-branded tires? What if you had modified you car to run with Goodyears, and GM automatically installed a new piece that made those tires go flat?
The courts would have a field day if a car company tried that. Why do software companies get a free pass?
I would much prefer a flat income tax, with deductions allowed only for charities, education, and creative sponsorships (i.e., patrons of the arts).
I also think that the tax rate should never exceed a fixed percentage of income, including any compulsive tariffs or fees (property taxes, sales taxes, state income taxes, driver's license fees, etc.).
I abhor the idea of religion in charge, and I, too, am quite aghast with the current state of the country in many ways, including religions' influence in many things.
I am also a believing, practicing Catholic.
Just as someone can be part of a church AND be an atheist, they can also be a believer AND be for the separation of church and state. Dawkins tried (and failed) to set up a logical equivalence against this, and you seem to have swallowed his fallacious arguments whole.
It does not follow that one must be an atheist to condemn the establishment of a state religion. A pious individual does not necessarily a good ruler make, but to state that the founding fathers' recognition of this fact makes them atheists is profoundly incorrect.
And how! I would have thought the term 'vegetarian' was self-explanatory, but it continually amazes me how many people don't understand it. I am constantly offered chicken, turkey, bacon, and fish by people who are aware that I'm vegetarian... apparently, to many, the definition of vegetarian is "one who does not eat red meat".
I guess part of the definition for vegetarian must be "one who educates people on the definition of 'vegetarian'". Which is far too self-referential for early on a Monday morning.
Oh, and a mini-rant: why do some vegans feel the need to be the Jehovah's Witnesses of the 'not-meat' crowd and target vegetarians for conversion? You'd think they'd be happy we aren't eating meat, but it seems like that's not nearly enough for some... *sigh*
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I find it's good practice to avoid bringing up politics no matter who I'm talking to... Plus, as a strict political Centrist, I find that I'm equally despised by everyone: too 'liberal' for the 'conservatives' and vice-versa. :-P
I think the best part of a multi-party system is that the inter-party squabbling limits the government's interference with our lives. I think if there were more viable parties, we'd all be better off.
I have a Galaxy Tab, which uses Gorilla Glass, and it's amazing. It does what it promises.
I don't think the current crop of tablets is a fad; I think we've reached the point of no return, and they're here to stay. HOWEVER, I think they are a niche, and not an everyday-game-changer the way the iphone form factor was. They are exceedingly useful for some applications (far more so than laptops), and the multi-touch interfaces finally give them a usability that was always lacking from earlier tablet iterations.
I always loved it when they referred to the DC beltway and Baltimore-Washington Parkway as "the 495" and "the 295". Cracked me up every time.
Figures that I'd be out of mod points when I need them. Why do they have to expire, anyway?
Thanks for the torrent link. Sony's been working overtime to get the files taken down.
Amen, brother. I'm so saddened that Google is going the way of Microsoft and dumbing everything down with every successive iteration. It took me weeks to find a workaround once Google silently disabled the "num=100" argument from their search results, and the spelling "mistakes" auto-corrector is yet another change that I have to contort my search parameters around. I miss the old, powerful days of google when they still like power users. (And don't even get me started on Google mobile...)
Ummm.... the DVI spec supports both analog and digital connections. There are three types of DVI: DVI-A (analog only), DVI-D (digital only), and DVI-I (integrated analog and digital). Any DVI-A and DVI-I interface has direct 1:1 capability with VGA; it's simply RGBHV. So DVIVGA adapters do exist - it's only for VGA->DVI-D that a converter is necessary.
I use Opera and Firefox for different things, but 99% of my browsing is with Opera (and Opera Mini on my phone... there's nothing for love or money that's comparable there). I turned off my disk cache altogether and set memory cache to Automatic. I find my CPU temperature goes up after watching Flash-heavy sites such as YouTube, but going into the settings and clicking the Empty button on the cache page brings it right back down to normal. It's faster and more responsive than using the disk cache ever was.
FWIW, I also turned off the cache and cookies directly in Flash (on the Adobe website) for all sites, and have not noticed any issues with content whatsoever, so that may help as well.
"willing to bet" != proof.
I had the option of paying $60 for a pair of (decent) off-brand cleats or $150 for a pair of Nike cleats. I bought the Nike pair, thinking the quality was worth the price. Ten YEARS of heavy use later (that's ten seasons of football (soccer) and ultimate frisbee) they are still going strong and do not need to be repaired. So assuming the $60 pair lasted 3 years, that's $20/year vs. $15/year for mine. Add to that that the pair I bought had several useful features the others lacked that have served me well for the past decade, and I am absolutely certain I got the best value for my money.
All that has to be done is for a company to make a module with a flashable keyspace. Then the end-user can add the master key to the device themselves, and nobody gets in trouble (unless they start sharing the content).
You're right in a way, and wrong in a way. Law enforcement officers hold an office of Public Trust. While it's correct that they are not *employees* of the Public, insofar as any member of the Public cannot order them about, they are still accountable to the Public (and all of its constituents thereof). Video recordings are a powerful means by which to ensure that accountability is retained. Thus it does have a great and necessary bearing on the taxpayers.
Think "strong, stronger, strongest" and you'll see where denialist fits on the spectrum.
While technically correct, you're missing the point of the document. The US Constitution and the Declaration of Independence both expressly recognize that there some "natural" rights granted by a power higher than the government: "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights".
And the Bill of Rights is similar. While not "granting" the rights, per se (because they are granted by the "Creator", and cannot therefore be granted by the government), it expressly forbids the government from passing any law which artificially restricts those rights.
It was a mountain climber's axe. A MOUNTAIN CLIMBER'S axe! CAN'T I GET THAT THROUGH YOUR SKULL??
(with apologies to David Ives)
A lot of jurisdictions allow only one vehicle in each lane of the intersection at any time. The yellows are timed such that one vehicle has time (and the responsibility) to clear the intersection, but if you're the second vehicle in the intersection when the light turns yellow, you could be in trouble.
That, in my estimation, is most likely the basis for your friend's denial.
There's a hell of an expanse between "not supporting" hardware and specifically targeting it to kill it. Would you be happy with a REQUIRED new wheel for your car that wouldn't allow it to run with anything other than GM-branded tires? What if you had modified you car to run with Goodyears, and GM automatically installed a new piece that made those tires go flat?
The courts would have a field day if a car company tried that. Why do software companies get a free pass?
So what you're saying is that sacred texts are the equivalent of Linux documentation for life?
It makes so much sense now! God hates to do documentation, so he makes others write it for him... ...and Moses was just a technical writer, wow...
X-D
(All tongue-in-cheek, btw.)
Wait, that's the sound my old modem used to...
Ha! Dumbass. You need a better password now, like the one I have on my luggage: 1-2-3-4-5
Well, we can always make fun of the Political Correctness Nazis...
Aw, shit.
I would much prefer a flat income tax, with deductions allowed only for charities, education, and creative sponsorships (i.e., patrons of the arts).
I also think that the tax rate should never exceed a fixed percentage of income, including any compulsive tariffs or fees (property taxes, sales taxes, state income taxes, driver's license fees, etc.).
http://xkcd.com/549/
...unless they're imaginary...
I abhor the idea of religion in charge, and I, too, am quite aghast with the current state of the country in many ways, including religions' influence in many things.
I am also a believing, practicing Catholic.
Just as someone can be part of a church AND be an atheist, they can also be a believer AND be for the separation of church and state. Dawkins tried (and failed) to set up a logical equivalence against this, and you seem to have swallowed his fallacious arguments whole.
It does not follow that one must be an atheist to condemn the establishment of a state religion. A pious individual does not necessarily a good ruler make, but to state that the founding fathers' recognition of this fact makes them atheists is profoundly incorrect.
And how! I would have thought the term 'vegetarian' was self-explanatory, but it continually amazes me how many people don't understand it. I am constantly offered chicken, turkey, bacon, and fish by people who are aware that I'm vegetarian... apparently, to many, the definition of vegetarian is "one who does not eat red meat".
I guess part of the definition for vegetarian must be "one who educates people on the definition of 'vegetarian'". Which is far too self-referential for early on a Monday morning.
Oh, and a mini-rant: why do some vegans feel the need to be the Jehovah's Witnesses of the 'not-meat' crowd and target vegetarians for conversion? You'd think they'd be happy we aren't eating meat, but it seems like that's not nearly enough for some... *sigh*