I definitely have to agree with you on this one. I've lived in Iowa my whole life, and when I get out my bicycle to go for a ride or just walk around town, people stare at me in total horror - as if they've never seen someone move without a car.
I think the answer to this problem lies somewhere in a) reducing the amount of stress we put on ourselves and moreso on each other, and b) taking the initiative to do something that has lifelong benefits, e.g. at least 15 minutes of walking per day.
Thank you, Mr. Grumpus. No, I was not requesting that you personally talk to my boss. That was an attempt at humor to diffuse a potentially volatile situation. Obviously, it failed.
That said, I agree with another response to this comment that work bleeds too much into personal time. When I was hired here, there was nothing in the contract that said "Thou shalt work all hours of our choosing" - this was something laid out to my by my boss because of my explicitly stated aversion to him for being stuck here working late nights on things that I shouldn't have to be, because other people failed in their duties.
I'm not one to be slack in my duties, and I'd prefer to have all of my work done before I leave for the day. I do find that there is one important point to remember: it's just a job, it's not my life. Even a career is just a job, something you do to pay my bills and have money to feed my family. It's the people in my life that really matter, and I'd rather have time to spend with them than my boss and my desktop computer.
Want to talk to my boss then? According to my boss, since I'm a salaried employee, I shouldn't have the expectation that I work on a normal 40-hour workweek clock like a (said with a hint of disdain) "factory worker".
The problem is, there's no mandated compensation where I work for anything done outside of stated office hours.
If this is what my boss means by wanting the department to be more like the "corporate world", then I want off of the bus straight to hell now.
I can definitely sympathize with the 70% who feel they're not living up to their potential, and the 45% who feel discriminated against because their employer thinks they're too young.
I'd put myself squarely in those brackets.
Maybe I'm more valued than I think I am, but it certainly doesn't feel that way on most days. That could probably be helped by having a more positive work environment, and not the regular rat race.
The comparison used in TFA is inappropriate. Taking a joy ride in someone's car without permission is being likened to using their WiFi without permission? Unless you're using all of their bandwidth, you're not depriving them of anything.
I believe a more fair comparison would be passing by someone's home and being able to see what's on their television. You didn't pay for access to see what's on there, and you almost certainly were not granted permission to look in their window to see it.
Would it be suspicious to have someone standing outside your window watching your television? My vote is on "yes, creepy as hell." I'm pretty sure other laws or ordinances already cover that sort of thing in most localities though... There's no need to prosecute the guy for "stealing internet" unless his use is causing a drain on resources.
I wouldn't care if people used my WiFi if they weren't hogging it or otherwise using it improperly... which is why I have at least secured it with WEP-128. If you want in badly enough to crack my WEP key, more power to you;-)
Hmmm... follow the trail of corporate dollars on the floor! I have the feeling that these companies will be seeing less money from businesses due to less people being familiar with their products...
This is really in the same vein as stealing cable television service. The reason it's called stealing here? You are "borrowing" someone else's service for your personal use without paying for it.
This would be roughly equivalent to someone plugging into the outdoor power outlets on my house or garage to run their A/C in the summer.
If I knew about this and was ok with it, then it becomes an entirely different story.
Exactly. I've had excellent quality results from White House Custom Color, and their rates are very reasonable. Very professional and helpful staff there too.
So are the DOJ offering to pay for all this? That question is itself redundant, since US taxpayer money pays for the DOJ. Either way, it comes out of the taxpayer's paycheck.
There needs to be a moderation option for "Strongly Agree", because I'm right there with you on this. How did that post get modded up? It added nothing to the discussion of the topic. What I got out of it: information from undefined sources, posed as globally accepted. Nothing to see here, move along.
The long service life of Macs adds significantly to the installed user base.
Unless you had a G3 iMac that had the analog board die...:-) I suppose that just works to increase Apple's market share though, as those customers tend to buy new Macs instead of spending the $400+ to replace the analog board in the old one.
I gather that your argument is, in essence, that there is no right and wrong. Therefore, if I should want to kill you because of your opinions, I would not be wrong to do so - because there is no wrong. What if killing you provided a great benefit to those connected to you? Life insurance policy, anyone?
Don't feed the troll, and for the love of God and everything holy, don't mod it up as "Insightful" either! The GP poster did not say that the guy was invented as a recreational item as the PP is suggesting.. The PP is arguing on assertions that were not even made by the GP!
To the PP: Please re-read the GP post and put your troll back under the bridge where it belongs.
What I'd like to know is.. why was the parent modded "Flamebait"? There was nothing inflammatory in the question; it was at worst a troll, and seemed more likely to be a legitimate question.
The main problem with your argument is that you're not arguing against the topic at hand. Was the story about creationists, or was it about intelligent design?
I wanted to spend a little time educating you about the difference between the two, but get this! It's the really fun part! It's not good form to tell other people how right you are by insulting the people you're arguing against.
Of course, maybe I'm wrong, and you're not trying to actually convince anyone of your views. Maybe you're just trying to get people who already feel the same way you do to bob their heads in support.
Holy mineral replacement, Batman! What's with all of the anger monkeys here?
I'm a bit annoyed by the stupid moderation on subjects like this, which amounts to a bunch of "YES MAN". Someone thinks evolution is great? +5 Insightful! Someone else says that people who think ID is cool are a bunch of retards? +5 Insightful! Someone who thinks ID offers an alternative viewpoint to something that cannot be observed? -5 Troll!
Seriously, this place needs a rectal craniotomy. All of you left-wing and right-wing nutjobs need to give your dogmas a rest and have some civilised discussion.
This makes me appreciate that the only thing virulent about the GPL is freedom. Most virii spread sickness. I don't know of too many that have any good effects!
So, is this an attempt for Microsoft to vaccinate themselves against the GPL? (That's just a joke. It's funny. Laugh.)
I don't see how that's any different from having to rebuild every driver with successive kernel releases. I never had much luck with kernel module versioning..
That's hard to say. I'm running Panther on a PowerBook G3 Wallstreet II (PDQ) and it doesn't have USB, as per Panther "requirements." It may still work. I even got it installed without the use of XPostFacto.
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I definitely have to agree with you on this one. I've lived in Iowa my whole life, and when I get out my bicycle to go for a ride or just walk around town, people stare at me in total horror - as if they've never seen someone move without a car.
I think the answer to this problem lies somewhere in a) reducing the amount of stress we put on ourselves and moreso on each other, and b) taking the initiative to do something that has lifelong benefits, e.g. at least 15 minutes of walking per day.
Thank you, Mr. Grumpus. No, I was not requesting that you personally talk to my boss. That was an attempt at humor to diffuse a potentially volatile situation. Obviously, it failed.
That said, I agree with another response to this comment that work bleeds too much into personal time. When I was hired here, there was nothing in the contract that said "Thou shalt work all hours of our choosing" - this was something laid out to my by my boss because of my explicitly stated aversion to him for being stuck here working late nights on things that I shouldn't have to be, because other people failed in their duties.
I'm not one to be slack in my duties, and I'd prefer to have all of my work done before I leave for the day. I do find that there is one important point to remember: it's just a job, it's not my life. Even a career is just a job, something you do to pay my bills and have money to feed my family. It's the people in my life that really matter, and I'd rather have time to spend with them than my boss and my desktop computer.
Want to talk to my boss then? According to my boss, since I'm a salaried employee, I shouldn't have the expectation that I work on a normal 40-hour workweek clock like a (said with a hint of disdain) "factory worker".
The problem is, there's no mandated compensation where I work for anything done outside of stated office hours.
If this is what my boss means by wanting the department to be more like the "corporate world", then I want off of the bus straight to hell now.
I can definitely sympathize with the 70% who feel they're not living up to their potential, and the 45% who feel discriminated against because their employer thinks they're too young.
I'd put myself squarely in those brackets.
Maybe I'm more valued than I think I am, but it certainly doesn't feel that way on most days. That could probably be helped by having a more positive work environment, and not the regular rat race.
The comparison used in TFA is inappropriate. Taking a joy ride in someone's car without permission is being likened to using their WiFi without permission? Unless you're using all of their bandwidth, you're not depriving them of anything.
;-)
I believe a more fair comparison would be passing by someone's home and being able to see what's on their television. You didn't pay for access to see what's on there, and you almost certainly were not granted permission to look in their window to see it.
Would it be suspicious to have someone standing outside your window watching your television? My vote is on "yes, creepy as hell." I'm pretty sure other laws or ordinances already cover that sort of thing in most localities though... There's no need to prosecute the guy for "stealing internet" unless his use is causing a drain on resources.
I wouldn't care if people used my WiFi if they weren't hogging it or otherwise using it improperly... which is why I have at least secured it with WEP-128. If you want in badly enough to crack my WEP key, more power to you
If you can control love and sex, you can control the people. Obviously you haven't read 1984, or you'd have understood that by now.
Please take your trollish flamewar elsewhere. Be the change you want to see in the world around you.
Tell me again how many movies the MPAA has given an R rating (17 and under requires adult accompaniment) in which sex is the central theme?
Pot, this is kettle calling. You're black.
Hmmm... follow the trail of corporate dollars on the floor! I have the feeling that these companies will be seeing less money from businesses due to less people being familiar with their products...
This is really in the same vein as stealing cable television service. The reason it's called stealing here? You are "borrowing" someone else's service for your personal use without paying for it.
This would be roughly equivalent to someone plugging into the outdoor power outlets on my house or garage to run their A/C in the summer.
If I knew about this and was ok with it, then it becomes an entirely different story.
Actually, you can install the Creative sound drivers without the stupid original CD. I had to do this just yesterday.
I followed the instructions which I found here: http://www.help2go.com/postt14349.html
Hope this is useful to someone.
Exactly. I've had excellent quality results from White House Custom Color, and their rates are very reasonable. Very professional and helpful staff there too.
http://www.whcc.com/
So are the DOJ offering to pay for all this?
That question is itself redundant, since US taxpayer money pays for the DOJ. Either way, it comes out of the taxpayer's paycheck.
There needs to be a moderation option for "Strongly Agree", because I'm right there with you on this. How did that post get modded up? It added nothing to the discussion of the topic. What I got out of it: information from undefined sources, posed as globally accepted. Nothing to see here, move along.
Unless you had a G3 iMac that had the analog board die...
I gather that your argument is, in essence, that there is no right and wrong. Therefore, if I should want to kill you because of your opinions, I would not be wrong to do so - because there is no wrong. What if killing you provided a great benefit to those connected to you? Life insurance policy, anyone?
Interesting logic acrobatics.
Personally, I'd be more worried about the Wayback Machine.. but maybe that's just me.
This must be what Microsoft's new software "black box" is for. Microsoft.. Ford.. uncrashable car.. my head is going to explode!
Brings new meaning to "Found On Road Dead"!
Don't feed the troll, and for the love of God and everything holy, don't mod it up as "Insightful" either! The GP poster did not say that the guy was invented as a recreational item as the PP is suggesting.. The PP is arguing on assertions that were not even made by the GP!
To the PP: Please re-read the GP post and put your troll back under the bridge where it belongs.
What I'd like to know is.. why was the parent modded "Flamebait"? There was nothing inflammatory in the question; it was at worst a troll, and seemed more likely to be a legitimate question.
The main problem with your argument is that you're not arguing against the topic at hand. Was the story about creationists, or was it about intelligent design?
I wanted to spend a little time educating you about the difference between the two, but get this! It's the really fun part! It's not good form to tell other people how right you are by insulting the people you're arguing against.
Of course, maybe I'm wrong, and you're not trying to actually convince anyone of your views. Maybe you're just trying to get people who already feel the same way you do to bob their heads in support.
Holy mineral replacement, Batman! What's with all of the anger monkeys here?
I'm a bit annoyed by the stupid moderation on subjects like this, which amounts to a bunch of "YES MAN". Someone thinks evolution is great? +5 Insightful! Someone else says that people who think ID is cool are a bunch of retards? +5 Insightful! Someone who thinks ID offers an alternative viewpoint to something that cannot be observed? -5 Troll!
Seriously, this place needs a rectal craniotomy. All of you left-wing and right-wing nutjobs need to give your dogmas a rest and have some civilised discussion.
Oh, wait. I forgot where I'm posting this to.
This makes me appreciate that the only thing virulent about the GPL is freedom. Most virii spread sickness. I don't know of too many that have any good effects!
So, is this an attempt for Microsoft to vaccinate themselves against the GPL? (That's just a joke. It's funny. Laugh.)
I don't see how that's any different from having to rebuild every driver with successive kernel releases. I never had much luck with kernel module versioning..
You're new here, aren't you?
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.. I couldn't help myself!
That's hard to say. I'm running Panther on a PowerBook G3 Wallstreet II (PDQ) and it doesn't have USB, as per Panther "requirements." It may still work. I even got it installed without the use of XPostFacto.