Why should it be illegal to play pyramid schemes? Just because people are stupid enough to fall for them? I have no sympathy for people
Why should it be illegal to mug people? Just because people are scared enough to hand over their wallet to armed assailants? You have no sympathy for people.
I don't believe that every flying object is identified; it would be quite illogical to do so.
Then again, I don't believe that an unidentified flying object is of extra-terrestrial origin based on its lack of identification either, maybe that's the belief you were implying.
For those "offended" by this, the game play is based on first-hand accounts by VETERANS.
And no one ever paints themselves in a better light than what really transpired?
I'm not offended by a videogame, but those guys obviously have a biased view of the events, so I'm a tad offended by your inappropriate use of quotation marks and by your flawed belief that a first-hand account is equivalent to an objective view of events.
If a war game is realistic, they will push people to avoid war if possible.
What?!??
That's not how things work in this reality. I don't know what fantasy land you're living in, but here the people in power push for war with every conceivable excuse they can come up with, and the population is driven to a "freedom fries" frenzy of hatred over those who don't buy the excuses.
It's all about playing a game of Risk with flesh and blood peons. They want to grab territories to get the resources they produce, and they try not to lose too many units per turn because they want to move those units to the next conflict in their planned itinerary.
I'm not sure what you're referring to (cross-border commercial agreements?) but I think the summary was asking "is exchanging a robot arm for a ride on a spaceship a good deal?" and I think that yes, yes it is a good trade. Seems like everybody wins (which is fair).
A Canadian scientist once tried to make it possible for Canadian satellites to be launched without the use of southern rockets. He had his budget cut on request from the Overlords, so en went to work on his giant canon project with funding from Saddam Hussein. He ended up dead in front of his door with his keys in the lock and the very clean gun next his body.
What the... where did my [quote] button go??:( Anyhoo:
3. Both of the above
Oh great... can't see the GP post to quote something meaningful.. grr... Where was I going? Oh yeah: I was trying to make a clever joke about having incompetent ballot tampering is the only chance third parties had of ever winning.
Somehow? You take over their country, write their constitution, etc. Yeah, "somehow". Somehow you managed to get your client state to do your bidding. Somehow.
Hangings still happen in a few states. Agreed with your comment, however, it was distasteful and unnecessary what we did to Saddam.
It was necessary to silence him as fast as possible: He knew too much.
The US, especially with the likes of Rumsfeld in power, could not allow him to go into a tribunal and answer questions such as "where did you get the chemical weapons that killed as those people? The telemetry to aim those weapons?" because the answers would have undone the careful story that the administration had been constructing about him, and especially the story they have built about themselves.
From the description, they are not connected to the Internet ("two simple workstations, linked with a network cable"), so security bugs are likely not an issue.
My worries are not limited to security... there could another "Y2K" lurking in older OSs. Or even external factors that can mess with hardcoded automation: The government could choose to mess with daylights saving times again, etc.
Does it matter whether it's patched or not if it's not connected to the Internet?
Someone might still bring in infected files through hard media, and even though he's not going to be a productive zombie, an infection might have dire consequences for the stability of his system. Or it might be one of those viruses that wipe your system.
And if files move in and out of his system (I'm moving out of town, can I have fluffy's records to bring to my new vet?), he might be a sort of digital Typhoid Mary.
So let me get this straight, your suggesting we ignore the leak in the hull and keep bailing?
Of course: The Titanic is unsinkable! Just like our economy and civilization. Nothing to see here, move along, environmental devastation can be safely ignored...
the use of depreciated tags in the XHTML standards.
I'm actually annoyed that the Center tag was ousted. I liked it, dammit! I read the reasoning behind the deprecation decision, it's far from nonsense, but I don't want to let go of my precious tag! From my cold, dead web pages I tell ya;-)
a web presence these days (if only contact info, a map, and some cute photos) so it's a cinch that in five years the bar will be raised to include real online functionality. Make an appointment, see when your dog is due for shots, see how much Poo-Poo weighed at his last checkup -- sounds nice, right? His current customers won't care if he falls behind, but without a steady stream of new customers, his practice will dwindle.
I don't think there's a reason why a low-power system couldn't be used for data-entry to feed a remotely-served web presence.
In fact it would probably make more sense for a vet to hire an outside company to do his web services for him rather than do it in-house.
Do you care what OS it runs on? (It'll be harder if he wants to keep using windows 95..) For reliability, I'd suggest windows 2000, since it will also work with most recent drivers.
I'd be worried about Microsoft (or any closed source vendor) dropping support for older OSs, there may very well still be exploitable security bugs in there that could go unpatched.
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Why should it be illegal to play pyramid schemes? Just because people are stupid enough to fall for them? I have no sympathy for people
Why should it be illegal to mug people? Just because people are scared enough to hand over their wallet to armed assailants? You have no sympathy for people.
remember that it was the government that sent in the army to bust unions
Remember that government and big business are familiar bedfellows.
believers in UFOs
I don't believe that every flying object is identified; it would be quite illogical to do so.
Then again, I don't believe that an unidentified flying object is of extra-terrestrial origin based on its lack of identification either, maybe that's the belief you were implying.
a decade later and big companies still just throw up unthreaded message boards as if they have no idea what will happen.
The print dinosaurs have no idea, no understanding, and no respect for anyone who does.
They're doing too little, too late.
Capitalism seemed to work pretty well until we gave up on it early last century
Children worked 18 hours a day in coal mines and the liked it!
That was a really sleazy move by MS.
Is there any other kind?
For those "offended" by this, the game play is based on first-hand accounts by VETERANS.
And no one ever paints themselves in a better light than what really transpired?
I'm not offended by a videogame, but those guys obviously have a biased view of the events, so I'm a tad offended by your inappropriate use of quotation marks and by your flawed belief that a first-hand account is equivalent to an objective view of events.
If a war game is realistic, they will push people to avoid war if possible.
What?!??
That's not how things work in this reality. I don't know what fantasy land you're living in, but here the people in power push for war with every conceivable excuse they can come up with, and the population is driven to a "freedom fries" frenzy of hatred over those who don't buy the excuses.
It's all about playing a game of Risk with flesh and blood peons. They want to grab territories to get the resources they produce, and they try not to lose too many units per turn because they want to move those units to the next conflict in their planned itinerary.
Data mining = fighting terrorism.
BOOM, no politician can oppose it.
I'm not sure what you're referring to (cross-border commercial agreements?) but I think the summary was asking "is exchanging a robot arm for a ride on a spaceship a good deal?" and I think that yes, yes it is a good trade. Seems like everybody wins (which is fair).
A Canadian scientist once tried to make it possible for Canadian satellites to be launched without the use of southern rockets.
He had his budget cut on request from the Overlords, so en went to work on his giant canon project with funding from Saddam Hussein. He ended up dead in front of his door with his keys in the lock and the very clean gun next his body.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Bull
What the... where did my [quote] button go?? :(
Anyhoo:
3. Both of the above
Oh great... can't see the GP post to quote something meaningful.. grr...
Where was I going? Oh yeah:
I was trying to make a clever joke about having incompetent ballot tampering is the only chance third parties had of ever winning.
And somehow we got the Iraqis to go along with it
Somehow? You take over their country, write their constitution, etc.
Yeah, "somehow". Somehow you managed to get your client state to do your bidding. Somehow.
Hangings still happen in a few states. Agreed with your comment, however, it was distasteful and unnecessary what we did to Saddam.
It was necessary to silence him as fast as possible: He knew too much.
The US, especially with the likes of Rumsfeld in power, could not allow him to go into a tribunal and answer questions such as "where did you get the chemical weapons that killed as those people? The telemetry to aim those weapons?" because the answers would have undone the careful story that the administration had been constructing about him, and especially the story they have built about themselves.
making us smarter rather then selling us shit...
Since you're talking about the internet making you smarter, the internet will have to remind you the difference between then and than.
From the description, they are not connected to the Internet ("two simple workstations, linked with a network cable"), so security bugs are likely not an issue.
My worries are not limited to security... there could another "Y2K" lurking in older OSs.
Or even external factors that can mess with hardcoded automation: The government could choose to mess with daylights saving times again, etc.
If it ain't broke don't mean it'll hold up :)
virus creators go with the OS and probably the majority of recent viruses wouldn't work on Windows 95 or NT4 not to mention 3.11.
Security through obsolescense? :)
I decided to quit cold-turkey [...] the first day was pure anguish and pain
Quitting cold turkey is the equivalent of going from 100 miles an hour to 0 in a microsecond: Asking for trouble / a really stupid idea.
Does it matter whether it's patched or not if it's not connected to the Internet?
Someone might still bring in infected files through hard media, and even though he's not going to be a productive zombie, an infection might have dire consequences for the stability of his system. Or it might be one of those viruses that wipe your system.
And if files move in and out of his system (I'm moving out of town, can I have fluffy's records to bring to my new vet?), he might be a sort of digital Typhoid Mary.
So let me get this straight, your suggesting we ignore the leak in the hull and keep bailing?
Of course: The Titanic is unsinkable! Just like our economy and civilization.
Nothing to see here, move along, environmental devastation can be safely ignored...
the use of depreciated tags in the XHTML standards.
I'm actually annoyed that the Center tag was ousted. I liked it, dammit! I read the reasoning behind the deprecation decision, it's far from nonsense, but I don't want to let go of my precious tag! ;-)
From my cold, dead web pages I tell ya
Can you even be sure that x86 won't be somewhat obscure in 15 years?
Now that you mention it, I'm almost sure of the opposite...
The thread is starting to make me think it can't be done.
Now, try getting support for any of those versions, or try compiling any of them on a modern OS :)
Ok... I admit won't even try, but I believe there's a few geeks out there maintaining those in their lovely obsessive-compulsive way :)
a web presence these days (if only contact info, a map, and some cute photos) so it's a cinch that in five years the bar will be raised to include real online functionality. Make an appointment, see when your dog is due for shots, see how much Poo-Poo weighed at his last checkup -- sounds nice, right? His current customers won't care if he falls behind, but without a steady stream of new customers, his practice will dwindle.
I don't think there's a reason why a low-power system couldn't be used for data-entry to feed a remotely-served web presence.
In fact it would probably make more sense for a vet to hire an outside company to do his web services for him rather than do it in-house.
Do you care what OS it runs on? (It'll be harder if he wants to keep using windows 95..) For reliability, I'd suggest windows 2000, since it will also work with most recent drivers.
I'd be worried about Microsoft (or any closed source vendor) dropping support for older OSs, there may very well still be exploitable security bugs in there that could go unpatched.