Aw man, you mean that secret decoder was just a copy protection scheme? And I wasn't really saving the world? That's it! I was in support of RIAA/MPAA/BSA before but now they've just wrecked my childhood fantasy! I'm going to go poke an eye out and buy a parrot!
If you're cheating and peeling stickers you don't have to worry about the transforms or legal moves. On each face, you just pull of the stickers that don't match the center sticker instead of all 8.
As far as I'm aware there's no configuration of the cube where one face doesn't have a center piece the correct colour AND any one of the other faces matching on any one of the six sides. No I can't prove it mathematically but I don't think I've seen a cube jumbled that way.
Thanks for the apology. I complain and rant because Firefox is one of about 3 applications that I still use that REGULARLY give me trouble. (The other 2 are development tools and I have no option).
in 48 moves or less. Luckily the center sticker is always in the right place so I don't need to move that one.
You don't need to remove all 48 stickers. At least one of the outer 8 stickers will match the center on at least one side. So you don't have to unstick them all. So I can do it in 47 moves or less. Nyer!
The problem I have with copyright and IP law in general is much less to do with compensating the creator (Why a creator should be compensated every time their work is used, when the work is only done once is a whole other issue). My main issue is that it gives someone the artificial right to control something they've created. If a plumber does a job for you he doesn't then get to tell you how the pipes may be used, or dictate when you can shower or use the toilet. (Perhaps I shouldn't give plumbers ideas). Why should a an author or other media creator, or inventor have this level of control? IP law lets the creator deny innovative use of his or her creation outright, or charge through the nose for it. The trouble is we've grown up being taught that this control is a right and all our laws are based on it. Not just for original works but also derived works. It's so wasteful it's insane.
I've never met someone who used more than one window with firefox before, interesting
From an organizational point of view, what I'm doing makes perfect sense.
I usually use windows to group my searches. For example I open a window on a newspaper web site, then open each article in a separate frame. Then I want to look at a website on weather, so I open a new window and anything related to that goes in frames on that window. Then might I open slashdot in a new window and each story I open in a separate frame on that window. I typically don't read everything at once. I look back at stuff in between doing other things, so I don't close these windows for some time. By the middle of the day I might have 7 windows each with between 1 and 10 frames. By this stage Firefox is using up half the memory on my machine. (Some of the websites have web pages that refresh themselves periodically). I wish I could just close down some of the windows and get my memory back to normal but that doesn't work. So I end up wanting to shut down Firefox to free the memory up. Now I get a half a dozen confirmation boxes, one per window. I'd just like to be able to say yes I'm exiting all thanks, with a single confirmation. No such option exists. Out to the task manager I go and kill it. Since sessions are now saved I can reopen everything in one hit, but that'll cause immediate memory issues so I don't restore the session.
Also I don't shut my computer down at the end of the day (and even if I had to I'd hibernate). I see now reason why my browser session should turn into a slow memory hogging pain in the rear that I have to kill.
I hope this simple, multi-second process isn't too complicated or grueling for you.
Are you always this goddamn condescending to end users?
I haven't tried saving and installing XPIs for some time, because some time ago when the firefox extensions website changed it became difficult to do so. You weren't given the opportunity to right click and save as because a CGI script was serving the files and if you right clicked you'd just get the CGI script.
Regardless of your rudeness thanks for addressing one of my concerns. It's a pity that if I save the extensions I'm going to have to save them along with the browser version, because chances are if I download a new browser that version of the extension will no longer work.
If you can't see why I consider these things a PITA, or why an end user who's not an IT hobbiest or IT trained would find them annoying, there's nothing I'm going to be able to do in the course of one thread on/. to educate you.
It's a beta/RC. You're supposed to be testing it, not using it for mission critical eBay auctions and suchlike Everything on that list is true for version 2 as well.
Actually there is; when you close, you just click the check mark that says "Do not prompt me again when closing x or more tabs."
No, I want that prompt. I just don't want it once per browser window when I'm trying to exit. There should be another button that says "Yes for this window and all others" so I can exit easily.
A little thing called backward compatibility. That means you add new features but don't break existing ones.
See, there's this great new search engine called Google.com, and if you go there and type "Firefox 3 disable awesomebar", the very first link describes exactly how to do that.
Another idiot that insists I'm a troll without doing their homework. Oldbar does not restore old functionality. It simply makes awesomebar look like the old toolbar. However when you start typing a URL it still pulls things up from your bookmarks, and the firefox devs have no intention of changing how the search behaves. I don't want my bookmarks displayed to all and sundry when I simply type a URL into the search bar. They don't need to get glimpses of my political views, or what torrent sites I use!
OK, now it's painfully obvious you're either a troll or haven't been paying attention at all. Every Firefox 3 article I've read since the betas started coming out gushed over how memory management was so much better than in 2, how faster it is, etc
Okay now it's painfully obvious you're either a fanboi or haven't been paying attention at all. This happened when version 2 was released as well and it didn't fix things. It just took months for people to prove there was still a problem.
I can't even parse this one. You leave the tab-close confirmation on, but don't want it to confirm when you close tabs?
I'm glad you're not my parser then. I open 15 windows and more than one tab on each. Now to exit firefox, when I click close tabs on each one. There is no way to confirm I wish to close tabs on all windows. What's so fucking hard to parse?
Right-click, Save Link As...
Doesn't always work, and then how do I install the saved link. Create a HTML page to download it back from?
And how does drivel like this get modded "Insightful"?!
It got modded -1 troll actually. One person had the fucking sense to mod it insightful because obviously they've had the same experience. Yours remains at +4 informative despite the fact that you can't "parse" shit, and that you don't know how fucking oldbar works (but are happy to assume I've never come across it). You're the troll buddy.
It always fucking amazes me how irrational supposedly technically inclined and enlightened/. users are so quick to dismiss someone as a troll.
1. What do I mean? I mean every fucking time I upgrade firefox I lose an extension or 2 until they're updated to be compatible. That's what I mean. For example Downthemall is always breaking. Hell at one point the Javascript debugger was broken (around the time 2.0 was released) until someone hacked the extension to make it work. At least the web developer extension which I tend to rely on tends to be updated quickly.
2. I have a PC in my lounge room that I foolishly forgot to turn auto updates off on. Now despite turning off auto update instead of going to my default home page it keeps trying to get me to update to Firefox 2. If by "I haven't seen it" you mean I must be lieing fuck you and the horse you rode in on.
3. Idiot and troll. How the fuck is this insightful? You're just plain wrong. Oldbar gives you the same look as the old toolbar but it still searches through bookmarks. Before I take my bookmarks to work I have to worry if it's something I want my boss seeing if I type it into the address bar. No, that doesn't just apply to porn which I've never felt the need to bookmark. A bookmark to a discussion on the pirate bay wouldn't be an appropriate thing to take, and there are a variety of social networking sites that are blocked at work. It's a privacy thing. You remember privacy? The thing/. seems to be up in arms about every 5 minutes.
4. Every fucking release I hear the memory management bugs are fixed. Every fucking release some holier than thou asshole like you tells me it's fixed the issue on their system. Frankly I don't care. I'm tired of worrying about whether this app will hog memory. I shouldn't need to worry about it. It shouldn't be an ongoing issue.
5. Every browser window that has multiple tabs pops up a confirmation. I might have anything from 3 to 15 windows since I logically group my google searches, one per browser window. It would be nice to have a way of saying close all tabs on all 15 windows. My current solution is to simply kill firefox from task manager.
6. If the extension is broken on the new version of Firefox, you either download a new version (if one is even available) or lose the functionality. What's hard to understand about this.
Grow the fuck up and stop being defensive about Firefox. If you're happy with it I'm thrilled for you. For me the pinnacle was version 1.0. Since then it's gotten worse and worse and given me nothing but headaches.
- New versions break older extensions. Until the extension is updated, bye bye extension. I don't enjoy that hassle and it makes me think twice about upgrading.
- Old versions constantly redirect to a page suggesting you upgrade. I don't want my software to nag me into submission thanks. I don't need to be babysat.
- New versions force you to use new features without providing functionality to back it out even when the user wants it. Eg. The new supercoolsearchbar garbage. I don't want my browser looking though my bookmarks when I type a URL but I don't mind it searching history that clears itself regularly.
- Firefox is the one application i use regularly that I find myself killing using task manager regularly. It either hangs or hogs memory which is only released by restarting. Don't deny or try to explain in excruciating technical detail why the browser slowly saps all your memory if left on a page that refreshes itself regularly. It's a bug. Deal with it. Fix it. Even refuse to fix it. But stop denying there are memory management issues.
- There's no graceful way to exit that doesn't pop up a thousand confirmations if you do keep the close tab confirmation active.
- I can't download and keep my extensions for future install. I really don't like using up bandwidth downloading the same extensions each time I install Firefox.
Firefox USE to be a better user experience than IE. I can't say that anymore and it stinks that I can't. I want my Firefox browser back!
I'm often positively impressed when politicians change their minds, assuming they did it because they learned more about the issue. I'm not impressed with McCain's descent into the bowels of extreme right wing Bushism because he's done it to appease extremist voters to his own benefit.
Ah yes he's a 'bad' politician because he changed his mind to suit his own agenda, as opposed to 'good' politicians who do it out of the goodness of their hearts and because they're convinced by a logical argument?
Being a politician is about being the most popular candidate by any means available to you. No shit they have their own agendas. I think you'll find the ones that changed their minds for the right reason just were the ones that actually succeeded in conning you.
I've actually met people who are suspicious of Macs. They're too easy. They're too reliable. They're not like other (i.e. Windows) computers. There has to be a catch, somewhere. Us Mac fans just say this is how computers are supposed to work, and it's Windows that has it wrong.
I'm really REALLY sick of hearing this crap from Mac "fans". Macs have bugs too. Both hardware and software. They're not minor irritations - stuff like your ultrathin airs overheating, or file move losing data on both source and target. These aren't little backs. You prefer Macs? Fine. You think they're easier? Fine. You want to tell me they're bug free and that everyone's a freakin' idiot because they're "suspicious" of their simplicity? Well you're a liar and you can take your turtle neck and your brown nose and shove it pal.
However, off set this with these same kids getting a future opportunity to go back t school when they are older, you know, like after they have learned their lesson that maybe they should have paid better attention in school.
This won't work. Children are not expected to work for a living, nor do they have the responsibilities that adults do. It is much much harder going back, even with social support, than getting it right the first time. Not only would you have to change attitudes regarding going back to school but you'd be placing a heavy burden on those that did do school "right" the first time. While the idea has some merit I don't think it's a burden most people would be prepared to take on in order to let the school bully or class clown come back and make good.
well, the argument I use against 'I have nothing to hide' is 'so when do I come to your house and install a webcam in your bedroom?'
Bedroom is good. Toilet is even better. If they have no modesty, ask them to hand over the account numbers and passwords to their bank accounts. Also ask for their full medical history. If that doesn't shut them up, ask for the same for their entire extended family.
In particular, what if games came with an age group flag when they were installed, and operating system users could also have an age limit specified, so that applications with a "18+" flag would not launch of a user configured as "13."
DRM for minors. Love it. That could never be abused could it?...and no child could possibly work out how to get past DRM, right?
Why not put a padlock on your cutlery draw too? After all a minor (under 18) might hurt themself with a steak knife.
Or, and it's just a thought, EDUCATE your child to help protect themselves. Give them the knowledge and tools AND sense of responsibility to live in the real world instead of mollycoddling them and wondering why they go wild when they hit 18 and/or go to uni.
I think it's fair to say people have at the very least lost jobs over it.
Wow. Talk about a total lack of perspective. Reality check: You can get another job if you lose one (especially if your circumstances are such that you've got enough time to be working on free software for free or are good enough to be paid for it). You can't get another life if you die if you're killed.
I don't want to lose my job, but if the choice is between losing my job and being killed there's not a lot to think about.
With a dignity I hope that I have a tenth of when I die, Linux users and Linux developers have fought, and some died defending the vision of Linux and the FSF to preserve a future where some of us still do control how our computers are used.
I didn't realize that free software was such a dangerous thing to get into? Did someone overdose on pizza and coke while kernel debugging late one night or something???
With 3 battery packs and two chargers even when on flat ground I don't run out of batteries. If I have a slope with good wind the glider will stay up for hours (limited by my rather inept piloting skills).
Not interested in gliders I'm afraid. Just as well. No where nearby suitable to fly them. As it is I'm spending 45 mins to get to my field, which is getting rather tedious.
We started off with NiCads, then went to Lithium metal hydride I think (don't remember hearing of them exploding).
I think I'll probably end up going electric for my first 3D/hovering type rig. Simply for the reliability for an engine that doesn't lean when you point it up, with instant response. However I'm very nervous about the exploding battery thing. Anything that could cause the house to burn down if I'm having an off day isn't something I take lightly. I think I'd have to fast charge so they could be supervised, but that in itself presents problems. I'll have to look into Lithium Hydride.
Going 2 years with 1 crash is hecka impressive but... there is a whole class of those Zagi type planes they call combat slopers. The goal is to knock the other guy out of the sky:)
To be honest 2 years took some skill but mostly luck and having good instruction. Bear in mind I didn't fly every weekend for 2 years. I got married during that time so that's 2 months without flying right there.
Combat flying is interesting as is combat with streamers but it does increase the risk to your aircraft. Our club is getting a bit anal. We have an open day once a month (not just planes. Cars, boats, steam engines, it's not a dedicated flying club). They won't even let me fly with streamers on open day. Worried they'll get tangled in the control surfaces. I haven't flown too much with streamers but I haven't had a problem yet.
Biggest issue is a constrained hilly flying field with fences everywhere and no fly zone on 3 sides of the flight line. Not to mention wildlife. Cows, snakes and foxes mostly. Wildlife doesn't matter though. What I really want to join a club with a real runway.
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Aw man, you mean that secret decoder was just a copy protection scheme? And I wasn't really saving the world? That's it! I was in support of RIAA/MPAA/BSA before but now they've just wrecked my childhood fantasy! I'm going to go poke an eye out and buy a parrot!
I think you completely misunderstood my argument.
If you're cheating and peeling stickers you don't have to worry about the transforms or legal moves. On each face, you just pull of the stickers that don't match the center sticker instead of all 8.
As far as I'm aware there's no configuration of the cube where one face doesn't have a center piece the correct colour AND any one of the other faces matching on any one of the six sides. No I can't prove it mathematically but I don't think I've seen a cube jumbled that way.
Thanks for the apology. I complain and rant because Firefox is one of about 3 applications that I still use that REGULARLY give me trouble. (The other 2 are development tools and I have no option).
in 48 moves or less. Luckily the center sticker is always in the right place so I don't need to move that one.
You don't need to remove all 48 stickers. At least one of the outer 8 stickers will match the center on at least one side. So you don't have to unstick them all. So I can do it in 47 moves or less. Nyer!
The problem I have with copyright and IP law in general is much less to do with compensating the creator (Why a creator should be compensated every time their work is used, when the work is only done once is a whole other issue). My main issue is that it gives someone the artificial right to control something they've created. If a plumber does a job for you he doesn't then get to tell you how the pipes may be used, or dictate when you can shower or use the toilet. (Perhaps I shouldn't give plumbers ideas). Why should a an author or other media creator, or inventor have this level of control? IP law lets the creator deny innovative use of his or her creation outright, or charge through the nose for it. The trouble is we've grown up being taught that this control is a right and all our laws are based on it. Not just for original works but also derived works. It's so wasteful it's insane.
I've never met someone who used more than one window with firefox before, interesting
From an organizational point of view, what I'm doing makes perfect sense.
I usually use windows to group my searches. For example I open a window on a newspaper web site, then open each article in a separate frame. Then I want to look at a website on weather, so I open a new window and anything related to that goes in frames on that window. Then might I open slashdot in a new window and each story I open in a separate frame on that window. I typically don't read everything at once. I look back at stuff in between doing other things, so I don't close these windows for some time. By the middle of the day I might have 7 windows each with between 1 and 10 frames. By this stage Firefox is using up half the memory on my machine. (Some of the websites have web pages that refresh themselves periodically). I wish I could just close down some of the windows and get my memory back to normal but that doesn't work. So I end up wanting to shut down Firefox to free the memory up. Now I get a half a dozen confirmation boxes, one per window. I'd just like to be able to say yes I'm exiting all thanks, with a single confirmation. No such option exists. Out to the task manager I go and kill it. Since sessions are now saved I can reopen everything in one hit, but that'll cause immediate memory issues so I don't restore the session.
Also I don't shut my computer down at the end of the day (and even if I had to I'd hibernate). I see now reason why my browser session should turn into a slow memory hogging pain in the rear that I have to kill.
I hope this simple, multi-second process isn't too complicated or grueling for you.
/. to educate you.
Are you always this goddamn condescending to end users?
I haven't tried saving and installing XPIs for some time, because some time ago when the firefox extensions website changed it became difficult to do so. You weren't given the opportunity to right click and save as because a CGI script was serving the files and if you right clicked you'd just get the CGI script.
Regardless of your rudeness thanks for addressing one of my concerns. It's a pity that if I save the extensions I'm going to have to save them along with the browser version, because chances are if I download a new browser that version of the extension will no longer work.
If you can't see why I consider these things a PITA, or why an end user who's not an IT hobbiest or IT trained would find them annoying, there's nothing I'm going to be able to do in the course of one thread on
It's a beta/RC. You're supposed to be testing it, not using it for mission critical eBay auctions and suchlike
Everything on that list is true for version 2 as well.
Moaning fuckers.
Double dumb ass to you too fella.
Actually there is; when you close, you just click the check mark that says "Do not prompt me again when closing x or more tabs."
No, I want that prompt. I just don't want it once per browser window when I'm trying to exit. There should be another button that says "Yes for this window and all others" so I can exit easily.
Could you give the URL of a page that refreshes itself and causes Firefox to use more and more memory?
Try:
http://www.smh.com.au/
I haven't done any testing to isolate which pages, but I think that's the most likely culprit.
What's your solution here?
A little thing called backward compatibility. That means you add new features but don't break existing ones.
See, there's this great new search engine called Google.com, and if you go there and type "Firefox 3 disable awesomebar", the very first link describes exactly how to do that.
Another idiot that insists I'm a troll without doing their homework. Oldbar does not restore old functionality. It simply makes awesomebar look like the old toolbar. However when you start typing a URL it still pulls things up from your bookmarks, and the firefox devs have no intention of changing how the search behaves. I don't want my bookmarks displayed to all and sundry when I simply type a URL into the search bar. They don't need to get glimpses of my political views, or what torrent sites I use!
OK, now it's painfully obvious you're either a troll or haven't been paying attention at all. Every Firefox 3 article I've read since the betas started coming out gushed over how memory management was so much better than in 2, how faster it is, etc
Okay now it's painfully obvious you're either a fanboi or haven't been paying attention at all. This happened when version 2 was released as well and it didn't fix things. It just took months for people to prove there was still a problem.
I can't even parse this one. You leave the tab-close confirmation on, but don't want it to confirm when you close tabs?
I'm glad you're not my parser then. I open 15 windows and more than one tab on each. Now to exit firefox, when I click close tabs on each one. There is no way to confirm I wish to close tabs on all windows. What's so fucking hard to parse?
Right-click, Save Link As...
Doesn't always work, and then how do I install the saved link. Create a HTML page to download it back from?
And how does drivel like this get modded "Insightful"?!
It got modded -1 troll actually. One person had the fucking sense to mod it insightful because obviously they've had the same experience. Yours remains at +4 informative despite the fact that you can't "parse" shit, and that you don't know how fucking oldbar works (but are happy to assume I've never come across it). You're the troll buddy.
It always fucking amazes me how irrational supposedly technically inclined and enlightened /. users are so quick to dismiss someone as a troll.
/. seems to be up in arms about every 5 minutes.
1. What do I mean? I mean every fucking time I upgrade firefox I lose an extension or 2 until they're updated to be compatible. That's what I mean. For example Downthemall is always breaking. Hell at one point the Javascript debugger was broken (around the time 2.0 was released) until someone hacked the extension to make it work. At least the web developer extension which I tend to rely on tends to be updated quickly.
2. I have a PC in my lounge room that I foolishly forgot to turn auto updates off on. Now despite turning off auto update instead of going to my default home page it keeps trying to get me to update to Firefox 2. If by "I haven't seen it" you mean I must be lieing fuck you and the horse you rode in on.
3. Idiot and troll. How the fuck is this insightful? You're just plain wrong. Oldbar gives you the same look as the old toolbar but it still searches through bookmarks. Before I take my bookmarks to work I have to worry if it's something I want my boss seeing if I type it into the address bar. No, that doesn't just apply to porn which I've never felt the need to bookmark. A bookmark to a discussion on the pirate bay wouldn't be an appropriate thing to take, and there are a variety of social networking sites that are blocked at work. It's a privacy thing. You remember privacy? The thing
4. Every fucking release I hear the memory management bugs are fixed. Every fucking release some holier than thou asshole like you tells me it's fixed the issue on their system. Frankly I don't care. I'm tired of worrying about whether this app will hog memory. I shouldn't need to worry about it. It shouldn't be an ongoing issue.
5. Every browser window that has multiple tabs pops up a confirmation. I might have anything from 3 to 15 windows since I logically group my google searches, one per browser window. It would be nice to have a way of saying close all tabs on all 15 windows. My current solution is to simply kill firefox from task manager.
6. If the extension is broken on the new version of Firefox, you either download a new version (if one is even available) or lose the functionality. What's hard to understand about this.
Grow the fuck up and stop being defensive about Firefox. If you're happy with it I'm thrilled for you. For me the pinnacle was version 1.0. Since then it's gotten worse and worse and given me nothing but headaches.
- New versions break older extensions. Until the extension is updated, bye bye extension. I don't enjoy that hassle and it makes me think twice about upgrading.
- Old versions constantly redirect to a page suggesting you upgrade. I don't want my software to nag me into submission thanks. I don't need to be babysat.
- New versions force you to use new features without providing functionality to back it out even when the user wants it. Eg. The new supercoolsearchbar garbage. I don't want my browser looking though my bookmarks when I type a URL but I don't mind it searching history that clears itself regularly.
- Firefox is the one application i use regularly that I find myself killing using task manager regularly. It either hangs or hogs memory which is only released by restarting. Don't deny or try to explain in excruciating technical detail why the browser slowly saps all your memory if left on a page that refreshes itself regularly. It's a bug. Deal with it. Fix it. Even refuse to fix it. But stop denying there are memory management issues.
- There's no graceful way to exit that doesn't pop up a thousand confirmations if you do keep the close tab confirmation active.
- I can't download and keep my extensions for future install. I really don't like using up bandwidth downloading the same extensions each time I install Firefox.
Firefox USE to be a better user experience than IE. I can't say that anymore and it stinks that I can't. I want my Firefox browser back!
I'm often positively impressed when politicians change their minds, assuming they did it because they learned more about the issue. I'm not impressed with McCain's descent into the bowels of extreme right wing Bushism because he's done it to appease extremist voters to his own benefit.
Ah yes he's a 'bad' politician because he changed his mind to suit his own agenda, as opposed to 'good' politicians who do it out of the goodness of their hearts and because they're convinced by a logical argument?
Being a politician is about being the most popular candidate by any means available to you. No shit they have their own agendas. I think you'll find the ones that changed their minds for the right reason just were the ones that actually succeeded in conning you.
Like the geek scoring Ally Sheedy.
That's how you know it was a science fiction movie and not a documentary.
Porno version slogan:
Would you like to play a game?^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H hide the Sausage?
Whoa, you waited for a "suitable replacement" for Millennium Edition?
What's so strange about waiting for the next roll of toilet paper? It isn't scarce in my part of the world.
I've actually met people who are suspicious of Macs. They're too easy. They're too reliable. They're not like other (i.e. Windows) computers. There has to be a catch, somewhere. Us Mac fans just say this is how computers are supposed to work, and it's Windows that has it wrong.
I'm really REALLY sick of hearing this crap from Mac "fans". Macs have bugs too. Both hardware and software. They're not minor irritations - stuff like your ultrathin airs overheating, or file move losing data on both source and target. These aren't little backs. You prefer Macs? Fine. You think they're easier? Fine. You want to tell me they're bug free and that everyone's a freakin' idiot because they're "suspicious" of their simplicity? Well you're a liar and you can take your turtle neck and your brown nose and shove it pal.
However, off set this with these same kids getting a future opportunity to go back t school when they are older, you know, like after they have learned their lesson that maybe they should have paid better attention in school.
This won't work. Children are not expected to work for a living, nor do they have the responsibilities that adults do. It is much much harder going back, even with social support, than getting it right the first time. Not only would you have to change attitudes regarding going back to school but you'd be placing a heavy burden on those that did do school "right" the first time. While the idea has some merit I don't think it's a burden most people would be prepared to take on in order to let the school bully or class clown come back and make good.
well, the argument I use against 'I have nothing to hide' is 'so when do I come to your house and install a webcam in your bedroom?'
Bedroom is good. Toilet is even better. If they have no modesty, ask them to hand over the account numbers and passwords to their bank accounts. Also ask for their full medical history. If that doesn't shut them up, ask for the same for their entire extended family.
He gave Florida a 404?
Nope, that was your presidential elections a few years back.
In particular, what if games came with an age group flag when they were installed, and operating system users could also have an age limit specified, so that applications with a "18+" flag would not launch of a user configured as "13."
DRM for minors. Love it. That could never be abused could it?...and no child could possibly work out how to get past DRM, right?
Why not put a padlock on your cutlery draw too? After all a minor (under 18) might hurt themself with a steak knife.
Or, and it's just a thought, EDUCATE your child to help protect themselves. Give them the knowledge and tools AND sense of responsibility to live in the real world instead of mollycoddling them and wondering why they go wild when they hit 18 and/or go to uni.
I think it's fair to say people have at the very least lost jobs over it.
Wow. Talk about a total lack of perspective. Reality check: You can get another job if you lose one (especially if your circumstances are such that you've got enough time to be working on free software for free or are good enough to be paid for it). You can't get another life if you die if you're killed.
I don't want to lose my job, but if the choice is between losing my job and being killed there's not a lot to think about.
With a dignity I hope that I have a tenth of when I die, Linux users and Linux developers have fought, and some died defending the vision of Linux and the FSF to preserve a future where some of us still do control how our computers are used.
I didn't realize that free software was such a dangerous thing to get into? Did someone overdose on pizza and coke while kernel debugging late one night or something???
I thought the other AC had shut you up.
Ah yes, the mythical "other" AC.
If you're going to troll at least do it intelligently. This is like being trolled by Forrest Gump.
With 3 battery packs and two chargers even when on flat ground I don't run out of batteries. If I have a slope with good wind the glider will stay up for hours (limited by my rather inept piloting skills).
:)
Not interested in gliders I'm afraid. Just as well. No where nearby suitable to fly them. As it is I'm spending 45 mins to get to my field, which is getting rather tedious.
We started off with NiCads, then went to Lithium metal hydride I think (don't remember hearing of them exploding).
I think I'll probably end up going electric for my first 3D/hovering type rig. Simply for the reliability for an engine that doesn't lean when you point it up, with instant response. However I'm very nervous about the exploding battery thing. Anything that could cause the house to burn down if I'm having an off day isn't something I take lightly. I think I'd have to fast charge so they could be supervised, but that in itself presents problems. I'll have to look into Lithium Hydride.
Going 2 years with 1 crash is hecka impressive but... there is a whole class of those Zagi type planes they call combat slopers. The goal is to knock the other guy out of the sky
To be honest 2 years took some skill but mostly luck and having good instruction. Bear in mind I didn't fly every weekend for 2 years. I got married during that time so that's 2 months without flying right there.
Combat flying is interesting as is combat with streamers but it does increase the risk to your aircraft. Our club is getting a bit anal. We have an open day once a month (not just planes. Cars, boats, steam engines, it's not a dedicated flying club). They won't even let me fly with streamers on open day. Worried they'll get tangled in the control surfaces. I haven't flown too much with streamers but I haven't had a problem yet.
Biggest issue is a constrained hilly flying field with fences everywhere and no fly zone on 3 sides of the flight line. Not to mention wildlife. Cows, snakes and foxes mostly. Wildlife doesn't matter though. What I really want to join a club with a real runway.