Ok, call me crazy but, what if for some reason I WANTED to leave open something that someone else considers a security hole? Inflicting yourself on someone else's stupidity, especially if the someone else is not hurting anyone else, is as much a violation of someone's rights as guessing that their password is 'password' or the name of their mom's dog and then using that to trash their files.
If anyone actually has the time to fight this kind of battle, we should create a legal defense fund for 'em--obviously they won't have much time to make a living outside of it.
Knowing Maxis, there will be a monthly fee. Originally 'The Sims' was supposed to be provided with new objects weekly that could be downloaded from the website. That stopped after a couple of months, and the only way to get new objects that had been produced by Maxis is to buy the upgrades. The last upgrade was so pathetic, I gave it away.
My guess is that Maxis just couldn't get it together for Simsville--they have some real gems in some of their games, but some of them are real stinkers.
Oh, good. I never read EULAs and there's always been a sneaking suspicion at the back of my mind that somewhere along the line I sold my soul to Lucifer or promised my first-born child to Rev. Moon.
No, he wasn't just venting. I can't remember who it was last night on TV, but they said there is an average of 400% turnover average in airport security nationwide.
I can think of at least five people I work with (and I work at a small company, about 50 people in 5 divisions) who wouldn't care that innocents died. I've heard many comments about bombing the whole country (but no one can seem to tell me WHICH country with absolute certainty), and about bombing the entire Middle East.
I'm not advocating being happy about deaths, and I'm not saying it's perfectly OK for people to rejoice about this incident, but I think we need to consider that if the tables were turned, a small portion (hopefully only a small portion) would react in the same way, and you can bet those reactions would make it on TV.
This seems to have been overlooked, but Iraq shot down an unmanned American surveillance plane on Tuesday.
Osama Bin Ladin also denied involvement in the bombings of the African embassies.
I'd like to be angry at the people dancing in the streets over this tragedy, but I can easily see Americans doing the same thing if something like this had happened to Afghanistan or Iraq.
I have a very old (in tech years) computer that was unable to use an 80 gig hard drive unless it was partitioned to 'look' smaller (effectively losing several gigs of hardware space). Anyone have a guess as to whether 'useable on existing computers' will apply to my 300mHz dinosaur, or is it time to retire it to the hardware pasture in my closet?
It's entirely possible that the terrorists used weapons that were completely legal to carry on board the plane, since a passenger may carry a knife with a blade up to four inches long onto a plane (think pocket knife, nail file, etc.). One of the passengers who called her husband from one of the planes said that the hijackers were using box cutters, and that stewardesses had been stabbed.
Unfortunately, freedom requires a certain degree of responsibility.
Something I've heard repeatedly on the radio here are people who work at airports saying that security is bad, they've seen employees bring contraband into airports frequently. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE??? Don't these people realize they have a responsibility, not just as employees of the airport but as citizens of America and members of the human race, to take action when they see this? Safety and security are not something we can leave up to the authorities without sacrificing great amounts of personal freedom (and I for one am not willing to do that), so it is up to individuals to watch ourselves and our surroundings.
Someone in Colorado Springs told us gas there was $8 a gallon there last night. Gas in Thornton (suburb of Denver) was $1.61 - 1.65 a gallon last night, and the prices at the one gas station I passed on the way to work were the same as last night.
It didn't crash in the Denver/Boulder area or in Colorado Springs (where the Air Force Academy and NORAD are located).
I think Canada must be getting some screwy news on this, one of my coworkers is from Canada and her mother called saying she had heard a plane had crashed in the town of Summit, Colorado. There is no town of Summit, Colorado, although there is a county, but nothing has happened there that I've heard about (I live and work about an hour from Summit county).
However, the "Goodbye to Mile High" football game was postponed, which, to some Coloradans, is more devastating than an airplane crash.
I contacted Bonfils (the company who handles blood donations in Colorado--ARC's blood donation facility was shut down here by the health department) to see if I could donate, even though I'm 'ineligible' for the next ten days, and was turned down, but they said they really need donations. Bonfils has seven locations in Denver. Please don't forget, it will take a long time to stock the reserves back up once this is all over, so keep donating after today.
A news site in Oklahoma (can't remember which one) said blood reserves in Oklahoma are being shipped to New York, and that donations (especially type O) are desperately needed.
If I remember correctly (and I could be wrong, I haven't had to even look at anything web-related from a work standpoint in over a year) scrolling, whether it is using the scrollbar with the mouse, using the mouse wheel, or using the pg-up and pg-down keys, is an event upon which code can be activated. This is what allows (again, IF I'm remembering correctly) ads that retain the same position within the browser while you scroll to retain that position instead of scrolling off the page when you scroll down.
A browser can detect when a mouse is moved over an object and react with code (think of websites you've seen with icons or buttons that jump out at you when you move your browser over them). No reason to think the activated code couldn't be something sent back to the server from which the page originated.
By the way, I'm left-handed and I still move the cursor to the right of the screen.
Uhhh...you can still kill people in RCT...matter of fact, one of the scenarios is designed with several rides that kill their riders already in place...if you don't stop the rides immediately, you kill several dozen people.
I'm noticing a reach-out-and-touch-someone trend here...whether through photographs or 'helpful' virii, why can't I just be left alone? I'm starting to feel like the woman that used to send my company letters about people watching her and having sex on her lawn (including Bill Gates, hmmm...). I think I'll go lock myself in the closet now.
All I have to do at work to get everyone to stay away from me is bare my teeth and scream, "PMS!" once. Word seems to spread fairly quickly after that, and I usually get a few good days of no one setting foot near my cubicle.
Course, it could also have something to do with the fact that I have a picture of the software tester who blew away his office hanging in my cubicle, above a styrofoam Uzi my programmer made for me...but I digress...
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Ok, call me crazy but, what if for some reason I WANTED to leave open something that someone else considers a security hole? Inflicting yourself on someone else's stupidity, especially if the someone else is not hurting anyone else, is as much a violation of someone's rights as guessing that their password is 'password' or the name of their mom's dog and then using that to trash their files.
If anyone actually has the time to fight this kind of battle, we should create a legal defense fund for 'em--obviously they won't have much time to make a living outside of it.
Knowing Maxis, there will be a monthly fee. Originally 'The Sims' was supposed to be provided with new objects weekly that could be downloaded from the website. That stopped after a couple of months, and the only way to get new objects that had been produced by Maxis is to buy the upgrades. The last upgrade was so pathetic, I gave it away.
My guess is that Maxis just couldn't get it together for Simsville--they have some real gems in some of their games, but some of them are real stinkers.
Oh, good. I never read EULAs and there's always been a sneaking suspicion at the back of my mind that somewhere along the line I sold my soul to Lucifer or promised my first-born child to Rev. Moon.
No, he wasn't just venting. I can't remember who it was last night on TV, but they said there is an average of 400% turnover average in airport security nationwide.
I can think of at least five people I work with (and I work at a small company, about 50 people in 5 divisions) who wouldn't care that innocents died. I've heard many comments about bombing the whole country (but no one can seem to tell me WHICH country with absolute certainty), and about bombing the entire Middle East.
I'm not advocating being happy about deaths, and I'm not saying it's perfectly OK for people to rejoice about this incident, but I think we need to consider that if the tables were turned, a small portion (hopefully only a small portion) would react in the same way, and you can bet those reactions would make it on TV.
So are they gonna take away my can of Aqua Net and my cigarette lighter too since I can make a flame thrower out of it?
This seems to have been overlooked, but Iraq shot down an unmanned American surveillance plane on Tuesday.
Osama Bin Ladin also denied involvement in the bombings of the African embassies.
I'd like to be angry at the people dancing in the streets over this tragedy, but I can easily see Americans doing the same thing if something like this had happened to Afghanistan or Iraq.
But I'm not afraid to look stupid :)
I have a very old (in tech years) computer that was unable to use an 80 gig hard drive unless it was partitioned to 'look' smaller (effectively losing several gigs of hardware space). Anyone have a guess as to whether 'useable on existing computers' will apply to my 300mHz dinosaur, or is it time to retire it to the hardware pasture in my closet?
It's entirely possible that the terrorists used weapons that were completely legal to carry on board the plane, since a passenger may carry a knife with a blade up to four inches long onto a plane (think pocket knife, nail file, etc.). One of the passengers who called her husband from one of the planes said that the hijackers were using box cutters, and that stewardesses had been stabbed.
Unfortunately, freedom requires a certain degree of responsibility.
Something I've heard repeatedly on the radio here are people who work at airports saying that security is bad, they've seen employees bring contraband into airports frequently. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE??? Don't these people realize they have a responsibility, not just as employees of the airport but as citizens of America and members of the human race, to take action when they see this? Safety and security are not something we can leave up to the authorities without sacrificing great amounts of personal freedom (and I for one am not willing to do that), so it is up to individuals to watch ourselves and our surroundings.
Someone in Colorado Springs told us gas there was $8 a gallon there last night. Gas in Thornton (suburb of Denver) was $1.61 - 1.65 a gallon last night, and the prices at the one gas station I passed on the way to work were the same as last night.
It didn't crash in the Denver/Boulder area or in Colorado Springs (where the Air Force Academy and NORAD are located).
I think Canada must be getting some screwy news on this, one of my coworkers is from Canada and her mother called saying she had heard a plane had crashed in the town of Summit, Colorado. There is no town of Summit, Colorado, although there is a county, but nothing has happened there that I've heard about (I live and work about an hour from Summit county).
However, the "Goodbye to Mile High" football game was postponed, which, to some Coloradans, is more devastating than an airplane crash.
The local papers here are:
Rocky Mountain News
Denver Post
Neither of these have reported any airplane strikes, but feel free to look for yourself.
CNN: "Afghanistan opposition claims responsibility for Kabul explosions. Details soon."
Radio station here (Colorado, KOA) said that CNN is reporting bombs going off in Afghanistan. No conclusions being drawn as to who is responsible.
I can tell you it DIDN'T crash near Boulder or Denver.
Update - Bonfils has a five hour wait and are asking anyone who has not come in to donate to wait until tomorrow, the next day, or even next week.
A news site in Oklahoma (can't remember which one) said blood reserves in Oklahoma are being shipped to New York, and that donations (especially type O) are desperately needed.
If I remember correctly (and I could be wrong, I haven't had to even look at anything web-related from a work standpoint in over a year) scrolling, whether it is using the scrollbar with the mouse, using the mouse wheel, or using the pg-up and pg-down keys, is an event upon which code can be activated. This is what allows (again, IF I'm remembering correctly) ads that retain the same position within the browser while you scroll to retain that position instead of scrolling off the page when you scroll down.
A browser can detect when a mouse is moved over an object and react with code (think of websites you've seen with icons or buttons that jump out at you when you move your browser over them). No reason to think the activated code couldn't be something sent back to the server from which the page originated.
By the way, I'm left-handed and I still move the cursor to the right of the screen.
Uhhh...you can still kill people in RCT...matter of fact, one of the scenarios is designed with several rides that kill their riders already in place...if you don't stop the rides immediately, you kill several dozen people.
Not according to my Brazilian co-worker
I wonder if my similar situation had any influence I had on the dream I had last week about two of my co-workers making me burn our building down...
AMEN! And be sure to put your pet black widow's terrarium right on top of the pile.
I'm noticing a reach-out-and-touch-someone trend here...whether through photographs or 'helpful' virii, why can't I just be left alone? I'm starting to feel like the woman that used to send my company letters about people watching her and having sex on her lawn (including Bill Gates, hmmm...). I think I'll go lock myself in the closet now.
All I have to do at work to get everyone to stay away from me is bare my teeth and scream, "PMS!" once. Word seems to spread fairly quickly after that, and I usually get a few good days of no one setting foot near my cubicle. Course, it could also have something to do with the fact that I have a picture of the software tester who blew away his office hanging in my cubicle, above a styrofoam Uzi my programmer made for me...but I digress...