It's a pretty important question that only you can answer, especially if you want your comments to be taken seriously. Ah, you seem to think that I care how you take my comment. But, you see, you've demonstrated to me that you're the kind of person who makes numerous erroneous assumptions about people based on one comment they made. I therefore do not care what you think, since you've proven that your thoughts are utterly worthless.
Yes I fail You think I'm gonna waste my time exposing my personal data to an ass who demands this information amidst a stream of pompous condescension?
I asked him how he got them: he shoulder-surfed us for every one of them. The reason he had them? He wanted to sneak down to the computer at 3 in the morning and play Spooky Castle.
That scared the snot out of me. Now, I know he may not be the typical kid, but it just goes to show that you really can't be too careful with your passwords. People underestimate the resourcefulness of children. As kid I learned to open locked windows from the outside, which I only used for good (getting in the house when I forgot the key or mom or dad was late), never evil (ok, the occasional prank, but no burglary).
Could you share with the world what your expertise in child development is? I suspect you don't have any. In fact I would go so far as to suggest that you are no more than 20 years old and still live on your parents bank account. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.
You're not laying down the law "because I'm the parent and you're the child"
What's wrong with that? [...] Because when somebody is so damn certain that they're right they can cause themselves and others a lot of pain and trouble when it turns out they weren't. You should listen to yourself, you've answered your own question.
When a person's zygote merge with another, they don't suddenly become infallible, and a child that has not yet been out of the womb for the arbitrary number of years decreed to be the time at which they magically become mature overnight should not be submitted to the oppressive rule of a person who's sure they are always right and who will deny the child any say in the manner in which their life is being run.
He comprehended you just fine. No he didn't understand my point at all: I say "be a despot and see what it gets you", he replies "bullshit, if you're not a despot..."
If I say "2+2=4", and he replies "Bullshit, 2-3 does not equal 4...", he's neither understanding, nor participating in a meaningful way in the conversation. He's just making empty arguments for the sake of conflict.
I do what I can to cultivate a trusting relationship between the two of us. You sound like a good parent. You're not laying down the law "because I'm the parent and you're the child", so I'm sure your relationship will stay healthy, rather than stay sick.
I'm sure you are going to argue that you were referring to the extremeness of the GPs comment (i.e. no privacy at all until 18) but you know you'll be missing the point. I could reply with insight, but you know you'll just be an ass again if I do.
And after they're 18, you don't get regular phone calls or visits, nor talks about their lives. You'll have denied them privacy for as long as it was legally possible for you to force that upon them, and the pendulum will swing back in full force, reacting to your actions with equal force in the opposite direction.
Bullshit.
If you're open about it, then the idea that there is automatic resentment is just bullshit.
If you're open towards them they will react to your actions with equal force in the opposite direction by being just as open towards you. If you make yourself the dictator of the house, however...
Try to hack one of those!:) There's two ways for her parents to hack one of those. The complicated way, or the brute force option: Force her little hand onto the reader with their adult strength.
What gets me is that a 7-yo actually feels the need to hide things from her parents. I'm befuddled by all of these comments expressing surprise that a kid would want to keep secrets.
Have you people never met a little girl in your entire lives? Have you never seen all the diaries with little locks on them they sell at the mall? Have you never seen kids whisper into each others' ears?
It's... man! I find this so incredibly obvious: Kids want to have privacy and secrets! It's such a given to me. I'm really amazed at the amount of ignorance about this very simple, universal fact of life.
When your 18, go right ahead and make the 53 ch4R@ct3R password to lock your machine up, until then, accept the fact that you are the child and we are the parent, and you don't get root access or personal and private encryption And after they're 18, you don't get regular phone calls or visits, nor talks about their lives. You'll have denied them privacy for as long as it was legally possible for you to force that upon them, and the pendulum will swing back in full force, reacting to your actions with equal force in the opposite direction.
What if P2P users start encrypting their traffic? Then you make private encryption a criminal offense, easy. Big brother is watching you... you don't have anything to hide, do you?
The summary says scientists have found the link, but the reality is more like they have proven the link. As TFS itself says, Illusionists have been alive to this phenomenon for years. The history books will have you believe that Columbus discovered America, but the Aztecs had been alive to this continent for years. People believe Volta invented the electric battery, but someone in Baghdad had one thousands of years ago.
In science it's not important if some native already knew about a datum, what counts is who shared this information with the scientific community. Magicians are hermetic about the secrets they know, scientists have to figure them out on their own, since those quick-fingered showmen just won't share.
This is just the same old "gateway crime" argument, which, if history is any example, will inevitably be scientifically proven false by statistical studies showing (perhaps a correlation, but) no causation. Science which will be ignored by lawmakers and buried by the media.
He needs to get with the mythbusters team, tie five bottles together and see if they can life Jamie off the ground.
Impossible. It took about sixty to lift Kari. Not even, she chickened out and they used a simulaid. Pfff, in MY day, mythbusters weren't scared by great risks of severe spinal injuries! And they walked uphill, in the snow, to go get hurt!
In one of their recent episodes, Mythbusters researched using compressed air and water "bottle rockets". The highest flight to date of a compressed air and water rocket was about 500 meters, IIRC. And it was made from materials far stronger than a 2 liter bottle. The fundamental problem, as Mythbusters showed, is that a 2 liter bottle just can't hold enough pressure for the impulse necessary to put the bottle into orbit. Nice dream, though.
Just because Adam and Jamie can't do something doesn't mean it can't be done. As far as the "fuel" limits, is there a rule that says he can't launch it out of a canon before releasing the pressure? Or use multiple stages? I see he sells a two-stage bottle rocket...
When did China become "The Enemy"? I thought you were still working on Al-Qaeda. Did I miss a memo? America has always been at war with China. Good news about our increased chocolate rations, though!
Whoever tagged this article "whogivesafuck" should turn in their human card at the door. Sure, you may not have known this guy personally, but that tag is in really poor taste. How would you like it if after someone you knew died, someone came up to you and said "he's dead. so what?". It mean, but thousands of people die everyday, I don't know how many go missing. This guy was rich and famous, and that's why we're hearing about him, and not about all the others.
I don't really care about him more than about anyone of the countless anonymous deaths. I didn't know him, I lost nothing when he disappeared. And I don't feel bad about it. In fact, I'm annoyed that people care more about a dead rich guy than about a hundred poor ones.
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Sorry for such a reactive and flame of a repsonse, I'm cranky.
Cheers. Alright then, you're forgiven.
Better you take it out on random strangers on the net than on your kids.
You got another thing coming, jerk.
emo tool.
just still a developing child yourself.
Sounds like you have some bias
seriously fucked up
Cheers.
That scared the snot out of me. Now, I know he may not be the typical kid, but it just goes to show that you really can't be too careful with your passwords. People underestimate the resourcefulness of children.
As kid I learned to open locked windows from the outside, which I only used for good (getting in the house when I forgot the key or mom or dad was late), never evil (ok, the occasional prank, but no burglary).
Wrong.
Wrong.
3 times in one post, that's a whole lotta fail.
What's wrong with that?
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Because when somebody is so damn certain that they're right they can cause themselves and others a lot of pain and trouble when it turns out they weren't. You should listen to yourself, you've answered your own question.
When a person's zygote merge with another, they don't suddenly become infallible, and a child that has not yet been out of the womb for the arbitrary number of years decreed to be the time at which they magically become mature overnight should not be submitted to the oppressive rule of a person who's sure they are always right and who will deny the child any say in the manner in which their life is being run.
If I say "2+2=4", and he replies "Bullshit, 2-3 does not equal 4...", he's neither understanding, nor participating in a meaningful way in the conversation. He's just making empty arguments for the sake of conflict.
Bullshit.
If you're open about it, then the idea that there is automatic resentment is just bullshit.
If you're open towards them they will react to your actions with equal force in the opposite direction by being just as open towards you.If you make yourself the dictator of the house, however...
Have you people never met a little girl in your entire lives? Have you never seen all the diaries with little locks on them they sell at the mall? Have you never seen kids whisper into each others' ears?
It's... man! I find this so incredibly obvious: Kids want to have privacy and secrets!
It's such a given to me. I'm really amazed at the amount of ignorance about this very simple, universal fact of life.
Big brother is watching you... you don't have anything to hide, do you?
People believe Volta invented the electric battery, but someone in Baghdad had one thousands of years ago.
In science it's not important if some native already knew about a datum, what counts is who shared this information with the scientific community. Magicians are hermetic about the secrets they know, scientists have to figure them out on their own, since those quick-fingered showmen just won't share.
Impossible. It took about sixty to lift Kari. Not even, she chickened out and they used a simulaid.
Pfff, in MY day, mythbusters weren't scared by great risks of severe spinal injuries! And they walked uphill, in the snow, to go get hurt!
In one of their recent episodes, Mythbusters researched using compressed air and water "bottle rockets". The highest flight to date of a compressed air and water rocket was about 500 meters, IIRC. And it was made from materials far stronger than a 2 liter bottle.
Just because Adam and Jamie can't do something doesn't mean it can't be done.The fundamental problem, as Mythbusters showed, is that a 2 liter bottle just can't hold enough pressure for the impulse necessary to put the bottle into orbit.
Nice dream, though.
As far as the "fuel" limits, is there a rule that says he can't launch it out of a canon before releasing the pressure? Or use multiple stages? I see he sells a two-stage bottle rocket...
Good news about our increased chocolate rations, though!
I don't really care about him more than about anyone of the countless anonymous deaths. I didn't know him, I lost nothing when he disappeared. And I don't feel bad about it. In fact, I'm annoyed that people care more about a dead rich guy than about a hundred poor ones.